Tens of thousands run the southern hemisphere’s first world major marathon in Sydney

ABC NEWS (Australia)

It's been a historic day for Sydney playing host to the southern hemisphere's first world major marathon. An estimated 35-thousand people flocked to the harbour city from across the globe to take-on the gruelling yet picturesque 42.2-kilometre course.

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00:00It's the breathtaking race that gets the heart pumping.

00:06Let's go Sydney!

00:09With a lot on the line, there was no time for cold feet.

00:12It's been 20 weeks leading up to today, so just glad to get here uninjured.

00:16In their tens of thousands, they ran from North Sydney Oval,

00:19across the Harbour Bridge, went around the city's east,

00:22before finishing at the Opera House.

00:24Known for its rolling hills,

00:26the 42.2-kilometre course is as beautiful as it is brutal.

00:31Ethiopia's Hailey Mariam Kiros took it in his stride.

00:34Kiros ran the fastest marathon ever in Australia in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 6 seconds.

00:42I've been training for a while and also coming here and seeing the course,

00:46but I realised I was strong around that 38 to 40 mark.

00:50Dutch multi-distance runner Sifan Hassan also claimed victory,

00:54smashing a race record by 3 minutes,

00:57with her time of 2 hours, 18 minutes and 22 seconds.

01:01And it is good. I feel really happy and I'm so grateful to be here.

01:05The elites weren't the only ones making history.

01:08A record 35,000 people took on the course,

01:11becoming the first ever to run a world major in the Southern Hemisphere.

01:16Sydney joins the likes of Boston, Chicago, New York, London, Berlin and Tokyo.

01:22And with the most elevation of all, it has undoubtedly made its mark.

01:26I didn't know that Sydney has so much up and down the hills,

01:29like Switzerland, the mountains.

01:32It's fitting that that was the hardest marathon I finished,

01:35because I don't know if I would have had this been anywhere else.

01:39There were familiar faces, those reminding people to pace themselves.

01:43Sydney turned up, it's really good.

01:45I'm cooked, cooked as cooked.

01:47Others chose to just run their own race.

01:50Running pluggers, surfboard, board shorts.

01:52Running one step too far.

01:54on this long step too far

01:55No we're good.

01:56program in thirds long,

01:57we're cool, right?

02:00Is there no much money coming off?

02:02That's cool.

02:03Sydney 슬

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