- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 14:45, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
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2020 London Marathon
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Mo Farah in 2015
- ... that today's London Marathon is not being run on its usual course, instead as 19.6 laps around St James's Park, to prevent spectators from attending? Source: [1]
- ALT1:... that Sir Mo Farah (pictured), who last month set the men's world record for the one hour run, will be acting as a pacemaker for today's 2020 London Marathon? Source: Sept record: [2], Pacemaker: [3]
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Matt Smith (footballer, born 2000)
- Comment: Date request: 4 October (date of race), morning slot if possible and on 12 hour changeovers
5x expanded by Joseph2302 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:15, 11 September 2020 (UTC).
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| Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation |
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| QPQ: Done. |
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First hook that the marathon will be run on a different route is catchy and is good to go. GD (talk) 13:40, 14 September 2020 (UTC)