The 2025 Copenhagen Marathon occurred within the Danish capital on Sunday morning – and the Bundesliga determined to deliver a German soccer twist to the occasion.
Six runners dressed up in costumes representing key gamers from Denmark within the Bundesliga: Eintracht Frankfurt defender Rasmus Kristensen; RB Leipzig ahead Yussuf Poulsen; VfL Wolfsburg defender Joakim Mæhle and ahead Jonas Wind; VfB Stuttgart winger Jacob Bruun Larsen; and Werder Bremen midfielder Jens Stage. The Bundesliga additionally had somebody sporting a full-body crimson spandex uniform available, providing a code for runners to scan and win Bundesliga-related prizes, in partnership with Danish Bundesliga broadcaster Viaplay.
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The Bundesliga presently has 16 gamers from Denmark, the fourth most represented nation within the league (after Germany itself, France, and Austria). 9 groups have Danish gamers actively on their squads; 1 / 4 of the gamers are from VfL Wolfsburg alone (Mæhle, Wind, Andreas Skov Olsen, and Mads Roerslev), and there are additionally quite a few Danish coaches rumoured to be among the many candidates to be Ralph Hasenhüttl’s successor by the point that the subsequent season begins in August.
Photograph: VfL Wolfsburg/DFL
The runners warmed up at Fælledparken, not too removed from the beginning and completed factors; began on Østerbrogade, ran across the metropolis’s main streets and previous a few of Copenhagen’s lovely landmarks, and completed just some hundred metres from the place the marathon initially started. The runners accomplished the marathon as a gaggle in 4 hours and 53 minutes, with Leipzig’s Poulsen being the primary to cross, adopted by Frankfurt’s Kristensen.
The explanation why the runners introduced German soccer to the Marathon was to advertise the ultimate day of the 2024/25 Bundesliga season, with all 9 matches set to begin at the very same time, this Saturday at 15.30 CEST.
