2021 Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon postponed to October

 

November 11, 2020



OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Next year's annual Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, run in honor of victims of the 1995 bombing that killed 168 and wounded many more, will again be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, race organizers announced Tuesday.

The 2021 event is set for the weekend of Oct. 2, in another reminder that the effects of COVID-19 — which the state says has killed more than 1,400 people in Oklahoma — won't leave soon.

The 2020 event initially was pushed to October from April, when it is typically run. This year's race — marking the 25th anniversary of the attack — was virtual...



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