{"id":872128,"date":"2025-09-11T01:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/great-north-run-organisers-apologise-for-newcastle-sunderland-mix-up-on-2025-medals-saying-wear-sorry-athletics-news-sky-sports\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T01:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T06:12:35","slug":"great-north-run-organisers-apologise-for-newcastle-sunderland-mix-up-on-2025-medals-saying-wear-sorry-athletics-news-sky-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/great-north-run-organisers-apologise-for-newcastle-sunderland-mix-up-on-2025-medals-saying-wear-sorry-athletics-news-sky-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Great North Run organisers apologise for Newcastle-Sunderland mix-up on 2025 medals, saying: &#8216;Wear sorry!&#8217; | Athletics News | Sky Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>\n            Medals for Great North Run feature incorrect river and city, with Wear and Sunderland on the map instead of Tyne and Newcastle; organisers issue apology by saying &#8216;Wear sorry!&#8217;; event president Sir Brendan Foster says he did not notice the blunder after &#8220;marvelling&#8221; at designs        <\/h2>\n<p>Last Updated: 08\/09\/25 7:19pm<\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div data-fn=\"article-outbrain\" data-lite=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/athletics\/news\/12040\/13427153\/great-north-run-organisers-apologise-for-newcastle-sunderland-mix-up-on-2025-medals-saying-wear-sorry\">\n<div>\n<figure property=\"associatedMedia\">\n<div typeof=\"ImageObject\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Great North Run organisers have issued an apology after medals awarded featured the incorrect city and river\n\" itemprop=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/e1.365dm.com\/25\/09\/768x432\/skysports-great-north-run-2025_7014424.jpg?20250908140249\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                Great North Run organisers have issued an apology after medals awarded featured the incorrect city and river\n            <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p itemprop=\"description\">Great North Run organisers have issued an apology, saying &#8220;Wear sorry!&#8221; after medals awarded to finishers of Sunday&#8217;s event featured the incorrect city and river.<\/p>\n<p>The 13.1-mile route runs from Newcastle upon Tyne to South Shields but the map on the medal background wrongly featured the River Wear snaking through Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>The error was also noticed on official T-shirts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sky.com\/tv\/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink\" target=\"_blank\">Get Sky Sports<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtv.com\/membership\/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink\">stream with no contract on NOW<\/a> <\/strong><strong>????<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/12110\/10952996\/sky-sports-push-notifications-faq-how-to-receive-the-alerts-you-want\">Get the Sky Sports push notifications you want<\/a> ????????<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a statement issued to Sky News, organisers said: &#8220;Wear sorry!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the eagle-eyed have already spotted, the shape of the river on this year&#8217;s finisher T-shirt &#038; medal is indeed the River Wear. Lots of people looked very closely at the designs and none of us picked it up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had Newcastle United stars on the start line and the Stadium of Light on the medal. The Great North Run is truly a celebration of the region, even more so than we had planned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the 60,000 who ran yesterday, you&#8217;ve got the most unique T-shirt &#038; medal in Great North Run history, a keepsake that we&#8217;ll be talking about in 44 years&#8217; time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement also dispelled rumours that the image was a hint the Great North Run will head further south in 2026: &#8220;To answer the rumours that this was the route reveal for next year&#8230;. sorry to disappoint, it&#8217;s a mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Founder and president of the event, Sir Brendan Foster, said: &#8220;I loved the designs for the medal and T-shirt, spent ages marvelling at them, and never spotted the mistake.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve lived on the River Tyne my whole life and I should&#8217;ve noticed, but if I&#8217;d run the Great North Run yesterday, I&#8217;d still be wearing my medal with pride.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a fantastic Great North Run, and we&#8217;re already looking forward to 2026, after we&#8217;ve brushed up on our geography.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Sky Sports <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/athletics\/news\/12040\/13427153\/great-north-run-organisers-apologise-for-newcastle-sunderland-mix-up-on-2025-medals-saying-wear-sorry\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medals for Great North Run feature incorrect river and city, with Wear and Sunderland on the map instead of Tyne and Newcastle; organisers issue apology by saying &#8216;Wear sorry!&#8217;; event president Sir Brendan Foster says he did not notice the blunder after &#8220;marvelling&#8221; at designs Last Updated: 08\/09\/25 7:19pm Great North Run organisers have issued<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":872129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352,1319],"tags":[8378,7876],"class_list":{"0":"post-872128","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-great","8":"category-north","9":"tag-great","10":"tag-north"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}