{"id":231628,"date":"2026-06-01T10:21:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/?p=231628"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:31:41","slug":"cape-town-marathon-2026-the-provisional-abbottwmm-star-is-now-visible-in-the-runner-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/cape-town-marathon-2026-the-provisional-abbottwmm-star-is-now-visible-in-the-runner-portal\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Town Marathon 2026: The Provisional AbbottWMM Star Is Now Visible in the Runner Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\n<h2 style=\"padding: 0px 15px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; color: #000000; font-size: 1.8em; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\">Cape Town Marathon 2026: The Provisional AbbottWMM Star Is Now Visible in the Runner Portal<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 0 30px 0; padding: 0 15px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0; line-height: 1.7;\">The provisional star for completing the Cape Town Marathon 2026 has now been added to athletes\u2019 accounts in the <strong>AbbottWMM Runner Portal<\/strong>. This confirms earlier announcements and marks another step in the race\u2019s candidacy process for joining the Abbott World Marathon Majors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 15px; line-height: 1.7;\">The star currently holds <strong>provisional<\/strong> status and will be fully validated once the marathon successfully completes its second evaluation phase in 2026. For runners, this means their achievement is already recorded in the system, with the final decision depending on the event\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; margin: 30px 0; padding: 20px; border: 4px solid #29495e; background-color: #f9f9f9; border-radius: 10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; text-align: justify; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.6; color: #444444;\"><strong>How To View Your Star in the AbbottWMM Runner Portal?<\/strong><br \/>\nLog in to the AbbottWMM Runner Portal \u2192 click \u201cYour Stars\u201d \u2192 scroll down.<br \/>\nYou will see your provisional star assigned for the Cape Town Marathon 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; margin: 30px 0; padding: 0 15px;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 0; line-height: 1.7;\">The decision to award a provisional star to all finishers was made after the 2025 edition was cancelled for safety reasons. It was a gesture of support for runners who planned to race in South Africa and were part of the event\u2019s candidacy process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 15px; line-height: 1.7;\">You can find the full explanation of this decision and official statements in your earlier article:<br \/>\n<a style=\"color: #29495e; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/cape-town-marathon-2026-provisional-abbottwmm-star-for-all-finishers\/\"><br \/>\nCape Town Marathon 2026: Provisional AbbottWMM Star for All Finishers<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify; padding: 0; margin-top: 30px; color: #000000;\">Star Validation Rules<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; margin-top: 15px; line-height: 1.7;\">The star earned at the Cape Town Marathon 2026 will receive full status if the race successfully completes the second evaluation phase in the AbbottWMM candidacy process. If approved, Cape Town will become the first African marathon in the Majors series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; margin: 30px 0; padding: 20px; border: 4px solid #29495e; background-color: #f9f9f9; border-radius: 10px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #444444; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; padding: 0 5px;\">The 2026 edition also hosted the AbbottWMM Age Group World Championships. Participants in these championships receive the same provisional star under identical rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; margin: 30px 0; padding: 15px; border-radius: 10px; background-color: #f9eef1; border: 2px solid #e63946;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: #e63946; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; padding: 0 5px;\">Note: The Cape Town Marathon remains a candidate event for AbbottWMM. However, all indications suggest it may join the series starting in 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; margin: 40px 0; padding: 24px 15px; border-radius: 10px; background-color: #f7f7f7;\">\n<h3 style=\"color: #1e3d59; text-align: left; margin-bottom: 20px;\">More Information About the Cape Town Marathon<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 15px; text-align: justify;\"><a style=\"color: #1e3d59; text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600;\" href=\"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/sanlam-cape-town-marathon-candidacy-club-updated-qualification-details\/\">Sanlam Cape Town Marathon Candidacy Club: Updated Rules<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 5px 0 0 0; font-size: 0.9em; color: #1e3d59; line-height: 1.5;\">The Candidacy Club program honors runners who supported the marathon during its candidacy years (2022\u20132025). After the cancellation of the 2025 edition, all registered runners automatically received one Candidacy Club point, despite the race not taking place.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f6f7; border-left: 8px solid #29495e; padding: 15px 20px; margin-bottom: 30px; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; color: #333;\"><strong>Related Information:<\/strong> Explore more content about the world\u2019s biggest marathons: <a style=\"color: #29495e; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/category\/world-marathon-majors-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Marathon Majors<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 15px; padding: 0 15px;\">Source: Cape Town Marathon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The provisional star for the Cape Town Marathon 2026 is now live in the AbbottWMM Runner Portal. See where to find it and what it means for Cape Town\u2019s Majors candidacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":231627,"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":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cape-town-marathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231628","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=231628"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231640,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231628\/revisions\/231640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}