16 days ago · London
Rock, paper, scissors! London Marathon racers decide start dates with iconic game!
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a sports story. Sky Sports Football, Channel NewsAsia Latest, and BBC Sport are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to London. The first report grouped here was at 30 Sept 2026, 11:05 UTC. 8 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Rock, paper, scissors! London Marathon racers decide start dates with iconic game!”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Racers Sabastian Sawe and Catherine Debrunner decide the start dates for the London Marathon with a good old game of rock, paper, scissors!
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by BBC Sport
'Rock, paper, scissors' decides order of London Marathon races
- Picked up by BBC News UK
- New development reported by BBC News Africa
Sawe loses 'rRock, paper, scissors' for London Marathon dates
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
2027 London Marathon dates decided by game of rock-paper-scissors
- Picked up by Channel NewsAsia Latest
2027 London Marathon 2027 dates decided with game of rock-paper-scissors
- Picked up by Sky Sports Football
Rock, paper, scissors! London Marathon racers decide start dates with iconic game!
- Picked up by Sky Sports Football
Rock, paper, scissors! London Marathon start dates decided with iconic game!
- Picked up by Sky Sports Football
London Marathon dates decided by rock, paper, scissors contest!
Same story, different outlets
3 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.