Great Run Company To Manage Marathon and Walks At London 2017

All non-track events at London 2017’s IAAF World Championships will be managed by The Great Run Company following an open tender process.  The events include the men’s and women’s marathons and the 50k and 20k walks.

The Great Run Company specialise in the development, design, organisation and rights management of mass participation sporting events including the Great North Run.

London 2017 will be the first time that both the World ParaAthletics Championships and the IAAF World Championships are held in the same city in the same summer. The World ParaAthletics Championships takes place fromJuly 14th-23rd with the IAAF World Championships London 2017 following August  4th to 13th 2017, both at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

As well as organising the off road events, TV coverage of the championships will be provided by The Great Run Company’s TV production company filmNova, working with Sunset+Vine, who were announced earlier this year as the host broadcaster for the IAAF World Championships.

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