Birmingham Marathon 2022: 25 brilliant photos of the Commonwealth Games race

Thousands of spectators lined the streets of Birmingham today (30 July) to watch the Birmingham Marathon 2022.

The Commonwealth Games event ran from Smithfield to Victoria Square, and featured the men’s marathon, women’s marathon and men’s and women’s T53/ T54 events.

Australia’s Madison de Rozario won the women’s T53/54 race ahead of England’s Eden Rainbow-Cooper and Shelly Oxley-Woods. Uganda’s Victor Kiplangat won the men’s race in two hours 10 minutes and 55 seconds, despite appearing to go the wrong way at one point.

Incredibly, he still won by one minute 34 seconds ahead of Alphonce Simbu of Tanzania with England’s Jonathan Mellor sixth. Meahwile, England’s David Weir admitted he only felt despair after losing out on the marathon title because of a puncture.

The six-time Paralympic champion suffered the problem with around 10 kilometres to go and was caught by winner Johnboy Smith. Weir, 43, who only has one Commonwealth gold – the 1500m in 2014 – had a lead of almost three minutes before the issue and eventually finished seventh in the T53/54 event in Birmingham on Saturday.

Here are 25 photos from the event.