Sydney Marathon laughs off medal error - BBC News

Runners will receive a medal at the 2026 Sydney Marathon with an engraving of a German stadium.

Image source, Instagram: sydney_marathonImage caption, The medal design appears to show Munich's Allianz Arena on the bottom-right

The organisers of Sydney Marathon have laughed off a mistake which saw a German stadium etched on to medals for participants, saying "we're not going to run from it".

Questions arose after the event's official social media account unveiled the design of this year's medal earlier in the week, which had mistakenly etched Allianz Arena, based in the German city of Munich, instead of Sydney's Allianz Stadium.

A spokesperson for the Sydney Marathon told the BBC: "A little too much international flavour has found its way onto the back of the finishers medal, with an incorrect depiction of the stadium."

It was "an unfortunate error," they added.