The Dutch runner leads the elite women’s field after winning a historic race at the Paris Olympics to complete an iconic treble

Sifan Hassan returns to the London Marathon in 2025 as all four reigning Olympic and Paralympic marathon champions take to the streets of the capital in April.

Tola is one of a select group of athletes to have won world and Olympic titles at the marathon. The Ethiopian earned the world title in 2022 in a championship record of 2:05:36, then lifted the Olympic crown in Paris two years later in a Games record of 2:06:26.

Sifan Hassan relishing London Marathon return after dream debut - The Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete claimed victory in 2023 in what was her first-ever marathon.

Two years after Sifan Hassan raced to a memorable London Marathon victory after stopping twice to stretch her hip in a remarkable debut at the distance, the Dutch multi-distance phenomenon is back this year and excited to see what she can do.

Event organizers announced on Monday morning that Paris Olympic marathon champions Sifan Hassan and Tamirat Tola, along with Paralympic marathon champions Catherine Debrunner and Marcel Hug, will compete in the 2025 TCS London Marathon on April 27.

Sifan Hassan said Monday the London Marathon is "in my heart" as she gets ready to return to the scene of an extraordinary debut in the distance two years ago.

Sifan Hassan won three medals at Paris 2024 and has now set out a fresh list of goals for the next four years beginning with April's London Marathon

In fact, all four reigning Olympic and Paralympic marathon champions, including Hassan, will take on the world-famous race this April.

Hassan will headline the women's elite field as she aims to win her fourth marathon in just her fifth attempt at the distance