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Abbott World Marathon Majors

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A commercial and sporting series, not a governing body. It was announced on 23 January 2006 by the directors of five races — Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York — and launched at the 110th Boston Marathon on 17 April 2006, with a points-based championship rather than a time-based one and a one-million-dollar purse split between the leading man and woman. Tokyo joined for the 2013 series, making six, and the six-race set is what the "six star" finisher medal counts. The series has since expanded: Sydney was elevated to the Majors on 4 November 2024 and ran its first race as a Major on 31 August 2025, and the Cape Town Marathon was confirmed as the eighth Major in June 2026 with a debut scheduled for 23 May 2027. Membership is decided by the series, not by World Athletics, which is why the phrase "the Majors" describes a commercial partnership rather than a sporting rank.

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    2. A commercial and sporting series, not a governing body. It was announced on 23 January 2006 by the directors of five races — Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York — and launched at the 110th Boston Marathon on 17 April 2006, with a points-based championship rather than a time-based one and a one-million-dollar purse split between the leading man and woman. Tokyo joined for the 2013 series, making six, and the six-race set is what the "six star" finisher medal counts. The series has since expanded: Sydney was elevated to the Majors on 4 November 2024 and ran its first race as a Major on 31 August 2025, and the Cape Town Marathon was confirmed as the eighth Major in June 2026 with a debut scheduled for 23 May 2027. Membership is decided by the series, not by World Athletics, which is why the phrase "the Majors" describes a commercial partnership rather than a sporting rank.
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    4. Abbott World Marathon Majors
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    6. Boston Marathon
    7. London Marathon
    8. Berlin Marathon
    9. Chicago Marathon
    10. New York City Marathon
    11. Tokyo Marathon
    12. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
    13. Tokyo becomes the sixth Major
    14. Sydney runs its first race as the seventh Major
    15. Cape Town is confirmed as the eighth Major
    16. Cape Town scheduled to run as a Major
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    18. On 23 January 2006 the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City marathons announced the World Marathon Majors, launched at the 110th Boston Marathon on 17 April 2006 with a points-based series and a one-million-dollar purse; Tokyo joined for the 2013 series. V55 verification basis: read through an attributed search summary of the announcement and of the 2012 accession release.
    19. Sydney was elevated to the Abbott World Marathon Majors on 4 November 2024 and ran its first race as a Major on 31 August 2025. V55 verification basis: read through an attributed search summary. The further claim that Cape Town was confirmed as the eighth Major in June 2026 with a 23 May 2027 debut rests on secondary reporting only and no series announcement was retrieved for it.
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