Sydney runs its first race as the seventh Major
The Sydney Marathon, elevated to the series on 4 November 2024, runs its first race as an Abbott World Marathon Major. The set of six that defined the sport for twelve years becomes a set of seven, and the "six star" medal stops describing the whole series.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Abbott World Marathon Majors · organisation · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Sydney Marathon joins the Majors
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.
Abbott World Marathon Majors · 2024-11-04 · Partly verified
https://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/content-hub/sydney-marathon-joins-the-majors
Recorded on Abbott World Marathon Majors
- The World Marathon Majors series is announced
- Tokyo becomes the sixth Major
- Sydney runs its first race as the seventh Major
- Cape Town is confirmed as the eighth Major
- Cape Town scheduled to run as a Major
Related
Related because they share a subject in the Atlas — never because the text looks similar.
- Cape Town is confirmed as the eighth Major · 2026-06
- Cape Town scheduled to run as a Major · 2027-05-23 (scheduled)
- Tokyo becomes the sixth Major · 2013-02-24
- The World Marathon Majors series is announced · 2006-01-23