Joining you on the Start Line will be Olympic triathlon gold medallist Alex Yee, who is making his 26.2-mile debut at the 2025 TCS London Marathon on Sunday 27 April.
The 26-year-old Brit, who has won four Olympic Games medals for triathlon, is no stranger to competing in elite athletics, after racing for Great Britain on both the track and cross-country.
But the TCS London Marathon will be his most high-profile athletics race to date and the born-and-bred Londoner cannot wait to experience an event that has always been high on his to-do list.
Yee, who raced the Mini London Marathon five times during his junior career, said: “Committing to the TCS London Marathon for me was a no-brainer. It is an event that has given me so many memories. London Marathon day has been such a big part of my life growing up. I remember racing the Mini London Marathon multiple times as a young athlete and it was one of my biggest and most exciting races of the year. Taking part in a full marathon has always been an itch I’ve wanted to scratch and there isn’t any another place than London that I would want to start that journey.
“I will be focusing my training over the coming months on the marathon and am looking forward to seeing what I can do over the 26.2 miles. I am sure that once again the TCS London Marathon will include the best marathon runners from around the world and across the UK and I’m just looking forward to seeing how I fare in their company.”
Yee won the individual Olympic gold medal at last summer’s Paris Games in memorable fashion, closing a 12-second gap on Hayden Wilde of New Zealand in the final 3K to take a famous victory. It meant he went one better than the Tokyo Olympic Games where he finished with the silver medal. He was part of the gold medal-winning Great Britain triathlon team in Tokyo and the bronze medal-winning team in Paris.
The full elite field will be announced in the new year.