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Did you know... that today's London Marathon is not being run on its usual course, but instead as 19.6 laps around
St James's Park, to prevent spectators from attending?
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Is it really important what shoes Kipchoge (who finished 8th) wore? And Bekele (who didn't compete) was planning to wear? Seem like a trivial detail to me- shoes were only interesting for Kosgei's world record and Kipchoge's 2 hour attempt (both of which they had whole newspapers articles written about them). I think adding details like the shoes to this article is a slippery slope, as we'll end up adding them to every single major marathon article.
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talk)14:10, 5 October 2020 (UTC)reply