Runner Cal Calamia made history on Sunday (27 April) after winning the non-binary division of the London Marathon.
California-based Calamia finished in a record time of two hours, 46 minutes, 33 seconds, making them the first non-binary athlete to complete all six world marathon majors: Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York – never coming below second place.
Taking to Instagram to celebrate their win, Calamia wrote: “This division is my dream, this sport is my heart. More than anything, it is a tremendous honour to pave the way for not only more non-binary athletes in the division but [also] for a more-loving world.
“Through the sport’s commitment to inclusion and enthusiastic celebration of trans excellence, we can all learn to liberate ourselves from the confines of the systems that limit us. We can accomplish what we previously believed to be impossible.”
RuPaul’s Drag Race finalist Kitty Scott-Claus was also among the more than 56,000 competitors, running in memory of The Vivienne, and to raise funds for HIV charity Sahir House.
Trans women were allowed to run in the non-competitive part of the race. In light of the UK Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of “sex” under the Equality Act was limited to biological women, London Marathon race director Hugh Brasher said the event’s policy not be updated until the Equality and Human Rights Commission and Sport England issued guidance in the summer.
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