Sunday 31 August
2025
SEVENTH
HEAVEN
Come in No.7, your time is NOW!
The first edition of the TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS as an Abbott World Marathon Major is upon us, but some runners have already achieved Seven Star status. Here are the numbers behind the Seven Star Pioneers!
The TCS Sydney Marathon applied for Major status back in 2022.
In 2024, as the race secured its final assessment to join the family, Sydney also hosted the Abbott World Marathon Majors Marathon Tours & Travel Age Group World Championships where the top Age Group runners from across the world took to the streets of the Harbour City in the hope of becoming a World Champion.
Age Group Runners celebrate
Age Group Runners celebrate
Age Group Runners celebrate
Age Group Runners celebrate
Age Group Runners celebrate
Age Group Runners celebrate
Age Group Runners celebrate
Age Group Runners celebrate
Age Group Runners celebrate
Age Group Runners celebrate
As an extra reward to those Age Groupers, each finisher of the championship was awarded a provisional star for Sydney.
When Sydney was formally inducted into the series in November that year, those stars became permanent.
That meant that, for some, they would become the first members of the Seven Star club!
550
Runners who competed in the AbbottWMM MTT Age Group World Championships and were awarded a seventh star
AND THERE ARE MORE!
The Seven Star total has now risen to
689
As runners have gone on from Sydney to become Seven Star Runners
RUNNERS COMPLETING THEIR SEVENTH MAJOR SO FAR
London 2025: 27
Boston 2025: 10
Tokyo 2025: 88
New York 2024: 6
Chicago 2024: 5
Berlin 2024: 3
Sydney 2024: 550
SEVEN STAR RUNNER GENDER SPLIT
FEMALE 373
MALE 316
Seven Star Finishers
Geography
Total Nations
Represented
65
TOP 10 COUNTRIES
TOP 10 COUNTRIES
NUMBER OF RUNNERS TO EARN THEIR
SEVENTH STAR BY YEAR
2024
564
2025 (SO FAR)
125
Runners aiming for their 7th Star in Sydney 2025
3426
RUNNERS
TOP 20 NATIONS REPRESENTED
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