Extinction Rebellion has agreed to help guard the London Marathon from protesters in a unique deal to protect one of the ‘crown jewels’ of British sport
“It is one of the crown jewels because the everyday person is competing and running those 26.2 miles at the time as Eilish McColgan, Sir Mo Farah, and when the greatest women’s endurance race in the history of our sport is taking place.
However, Brasher admitted that organisers would still be stepping up official security amid fears that other groups may causeBrasher is also hoping to speak to Just Stop Oil in the next 24 hours to persuade them to not to stop a race that raised £58.4m for charity last year. Not only did Just Stop Oil try to intervene in last year’s race but on Monday one of its activists sprinkled orange powder over a snooker table at the Crucible.
However, it would be hard to completely prevent one of the 750,000 people expected to attend Sunday’s race from causing chaos, Brasher conceded. “We do mitigate for disruption and have done so for years,” he said.“Whether it was Tamil Tigers in 2009, Extinction Rebellion in 2019 or Just Stop Oil in 2022, there are numerous mitigations we put in and we do those working [with] the Metropolitan police. But it is difficult. You can have one to two people [protesting] and we have 26.2 miles.
Meanwhile, organisers of the Open have admitted it will be “challenging” to prevent protesters disrupting this year’s championship at Royal Liverpool but have expressed confidence in their security arrangements.
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