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The World Marathon Majors series is announced

The directors of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City marathons announce a joint series with a points-based championship and a one-million-dollar purse split between the leading man and woman. The series launches at the 110th Boston Marathon on 17 April 2006 and runs its first cycle to the 2007 New York City Marathon. It is a commercial partnership between race organisers, not a designation by any governing body.

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Recorded on Abbott World Marathon Majors

  1. The first Boston Marathon
  2. Boston lengthens its course and moves the start to Hopkinton
  3. Women run Boston, unofficially and then officially
  4. The first New York City Marathon, in Central Park
  5. The first Berlin Marathon, in the Grunewald
  6. New York goes to five boroughs
  7. The first Chicago Marathon, as the Mayor Daley Marathon
  8. New York is remeasured and two world bests are voided
  9. The first London Marathon
  10. Berlin moves its marathon into the city
  11. The Berlin Marathon runs through the Brandenburg Gate
  12. The World Marathon Majors series is announced
  13. Tokyo becomes the sixth Major
  14. Bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line
  15. Kelvin Kiptum runs 2:00:35 in Chicago
  16. Ruth Chepngetich runs 2:09:56 in Chicago
  17. Tigst Assefa sets a women-only world record in London
  18. Sydney runs its first race as the seventh Major
  19. Cape Town is confirmed as the eighth Major
  20. The first sub-two-hour marathon in a record-eligible race

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