In this file photo, people arrive at the Allianz arena prior to the UEFA Women's Champions League Quarter Final second-leg football match between FC Bayern Munich and Manchester United in Munich on April 1, 2026. (AFP/Markus Fischer)
Organizers of the 2026 Sydney Marathon have sparked online mirth by unveiling a finishers' medal depicting a stadium in far-away Munich, Germany.The two-sided medal is engraved with a Sydney skyline showing course landmarks including the Opera House, the Sydney Harbour Bridge – and the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Marathon bosses admitted the "unfortunate error" in the medal, which displays the German arena's shape and diamond-patterned exterior instead of the flatter features of Allianz Stadium in Sydney.
"A little too much international flavor has found its way onto the back of the finishers medal, with an incorrect depiction of the stadium," a Sydney Marathon spokesperson said.
"We're not going to run from it, it was an unfortunate error, though it's certainly given everyone something to talk about this weekend, mostly in good humor."
