Valencia Marathon 2024: Schedule, where to watch and more

The 2024 Valencia Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum Label Road Race, is slated to be held on Sunday, December 1, 2024. With Sisay Lemma’s 2023 time of 2:01:48, the marathon has cemented its reputation as one of the fastest in the world.

The 2024 edition will feature a few elite athletes, including Kenenisa Bekele, Lemma, Megertu Alemu, and Hiwot Gebrekidan. The four-time Olympic medalist Bekele will lock horns with defending champion Lemma, who will compete in his last marathon of the season after clinching the Boston Marathon this year.

The women's field will be a star-studded affair with Ethiopia's Alemu, a silver medalist at the 2023 London Marathon. She will be joined by Gebrekidan.

Schedule and order of events of the 2024 Valencia Marathon

Sisay Lemma will compete in the 2024 Valencia Marathon to defend the title he earned by setting a course record and becoming the fourth man to run under 2:02 time.

The 2024 Marathon will kick off from Placa de la Marato and cover Placa d’Europa before moving to Av. de Balears and Veles e Vents, also known as America’s Cup Building.

The final stretch of the marathon will pass through Plaça de Bous bullring, Estació del Nord station, and Porta de la Mar gate before concluding at the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias.

Schedule for the 2024 Valencia Marathon:

• Both the elite men’s and women’s races will begin at 8:15 a.m E.T.
• The wheelchair athletes and visually impaired athletes will start the race at 8.35 a.m E.T.

Where to watch the 2024 Valencia Marathon?

• Fans all over the world can tune in to Streamster TV, EITB.EUS Sport, A punt media TV, and the Valencia Marathon website to watch the action fold live.
• Fans in Spain can watch the Marathon live on Tele Deportes.
• BBC iPlayer and BBC Sports will provide live actions to fans based in the UK.
• Lequipe.fr will provide live coverage to fans in France.
• European fans would be required to tune in to Eurosport Player for the coverage.
• In Canada, Mexico, and South American countries, ESPN and ESPN Run will provide the fans with the showdown.
• Kenya SuperSport, KBC, StarTimes, KTN, NTV, and Canal+ will provide live coverage to fans all over Kenya.
• The Ethiopian fans can resort to multiple options, including EBS, SuperSport, StarTimes, and Canal+ platforms.

The 2024 edition of the Marathon will provide staggering prize money to the first 12 athletes to cross the finish line.