The director of the London Marathon has urged would-be protesters not to disrupt the event and emphasised its fundraising potential
to disrupt Sunday’s race, which the event’s director, Hugh Brasher, said was “a force for good” throughout society.
He also revealed that among the 50,000 expected finishers there would be runners raising money for both Palestinians and Israelis who had been. Organisers believe the event will break the single-day world record for charity fundraising, which stands at £66.4m from the 2019 race.“We are always taking mitigations in case people try to disrupt the London Marathon,” said Brasher. “But we are a force for good in society. Charity runners will raise more than £66.
Brasher also confirmed that a 30-second round of applause would take place for the winner of last year’s race,
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