{"id":227036,"date":"2025-05-09T15:49:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/?p=227036"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T15:59:08","slug":"sanlam-cape-town-marathon-a-new-era-for-the-abbott-world-marathon-majors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/sanlam-cape-town-marathon-a-new-era-for-the-abbott-world-marathon-majors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanlam Cape Town Marathon \u2013 A New Era for the Abbott World Marathon Majors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Historic Debut on African Soil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon will host the Abbott World Marathon Majors Age Group World Championships on May 24, 2026, marking the first time this prestigious event is held in Africa. This milestone highlights the continent\u2019s growing influence in global running and the confidence shown by the world\u2019s marathon authorities in Cape Town\u2019s organizational excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Cape Town is in the final stages of joining the elite Abbott World Marathon Majors series. After passing its first evaluation in 2024, the marathon is on track to become Africa\u2019s first Major if it successfully completes the second evaluation in 2025, with official status expected by the end of that year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A New Era for Abbott World Marathon Majors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joining Cape Town to the AbbottWMM opens a new chapter \u2013 in the future, runners will likely be able to earn a special \u201cNine Star\u201d medal for completing all nine marathons in the series, if Shanghai also joins the Majors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon is making history! In 2026, the Abbott World Marathon Majors Age Group World Championships will take place on African soil for the very first time. This landmark event confirms Cape Town\u2019s rising global status and comes as the marathon is set to officially join the prestigious Abbott World Marathon Majors at the end of 2025. Expect world-class competition, breathtaking scenery, and the unique spirit of Africa as runners from across the globe descend on Cape Town!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":227045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-marathon-majors-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}