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Activists from the climate group The Last Generation caused chaos at the Berlin marathon today by throwing orange paint and trying to block part of the course.
A group of protestors from The Letzte Generation, as they are called in German, ran onto the road and began spraying orange paint as thousands of athletes prepared to take part in the long distant event this morning.
They were soon removed from the course by police and volunteers at the event, in which 45,000 runners took part, minutes before the start of the race in the German capital.
One video posted to X shows the eco zealots running onto the track and spilling orange paint onto the asphalt. They are quickly tackled to the ground by police and volunteers with some later being carried off the road.
Despite the temporary dismay, the race continued as planned with Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge setting a world record time of 2:02:42, beating his own previous world record.
Activists from the climate group 'The Last Generation' caused chaos at the Berlin marathon today by throwing orange paint and trying to block part of the course
A group of protestors from the Letzte Generation ran onto the road and began spraying orange paint as thousands of athletes prepared to take part in the long distant event this morning
