Template:Did you know nominations/2020 London Marathon

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:45, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

2020 London Marathon

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Mo Farah in 2015

... that today's London Marathon is not being run on its usual course, instead as 19.6 laps around St James's Park, to prevent spectators from attending? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that Sir Mo Farah (pictured), who last month set the men's world record for the one hour run, will be acting as a pacemaker for today's 2020 London Marathon? Source: Sept record: [2], Pacemaker: [3]

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Matt Smith (footballer, born 2000)
Comment: Date request: 4 October (date of race), morning slot if possible and on 12 hour changeovers

5x expanded by Joseph2302 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:15, 11 September 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: First hook that the marathon will be run on a different route is catchy and is good to go. GD (talk) 13:40, 14 September 2020 (UTC)