Category: Sport; Five Live; New Media
Date: 13.04.2005
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On Sunday 17 April 大象传媒 Sport will provide comprehensive live coverage of the Flora London Marathon (大象传媒 ONE, 8.45am-12.50pm and 大象传媒 TWO, 12.50-2.00pm), which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
The 大象传媒 will also be showing a special programme - London
Marathon Heroes (大象传媒 TWO, 5.10pm, Saturday 16 April) - to mark the event's
Silver Jubilee.
There will also be a special highlights programme on
大象传媒 TWO on Sunday 17 April from 6.30-7.20pm.
London Marathon Heroes details stories of human courage
and endeavour, looking at some of the people who have run in the London
Marathon over the previous 24 years.
The Marathon's organisers have assembled the world's top runners to celebrate the landmark anniversary and this, coupled with a new and faster route, could see world records threatened.
The men's elite field includes Olympic Champion Stefano Baldini, World
Champion Jaouad Gharib, New York Marathon winner Hendrik Ramaala and
the World Record holder Paul Tergat.
The field also includes four of the last five London
Marathon champions.
Paula Radcliffe goes for her third London title but
faces stiff competition from a top class field which includes Susan
Chepkemei, Margaret Okayo, Sun Yingjie and Tegla Loroupe.
Sue Barker hosts exclusive, live and uninterrupted television coverage of the event which will follow all the excitement and party atmosphere of one of the world's most prestigious distance running events.
Sue will be joined by Steve Cram, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickenson and Ian Thompson who will provide up-to-the-minute commentary on the elite races, the wheelchair races and the backbone of every London Marathon, the fun runners.
They will be joined by Sally Gunnell
from Tower Bridge and Colin Jackson from Blackfriars
Bridge.
Richard Nerurkar and Peter
Elliott will be following the elite race leaders on motorbikes
as they make their way around the course.
Other reporters on the course are Jill Douglas, Phil Jones and Juliette Ferrington.
In addition to 大象传媒 ONE's coverage, digital viewers have two further choices via the 大象传媒's interactive TV service, where they can follow both the men's and women's elite races live.
With 35 cameras, six bikes, two helicopters and an overhead circling plane being used to cover the 26.2 mile course, every step, trip and fall will be captured.
There will be live, uninterrupted coverage on 大象传媒 ONE,
extensive radio coverage on 大象传媒 Radio Five Live, dedicated streaming
of the race leaders on digital interactive, and with an in-depth online
service on bbc.co.uk/sport, you won't need to break a sweat to keep
up with all the action.
The 大象传媒 Sport website has a dedicated site at bbc.co.uk/athletics, with a map of the new route as well as an interview with Paula Radcliffe.
There is live audio commentary on the day of the race, as well as all the latest news on the elite races and interviews with celebrity competitors.
There is advice on what to eat, the best things to do in the final countdown to the race, plus how to recover after the big day.
The site includes all the facts, figures and history of the race, and tips on the best places to watch the events unfold along the course.
大象传媒 Sport has covered the London Marathon since its
inception in 1981 and has secured the rights to continue coverage until
2010.
大象传媒 Sport provides pictures around the world for the
millions of viewers who tune in for the event.
Last year's race was seen in nearly 200 countries with
live coverage of the race shown across Europe, Asia and Africa.
