British marathon runner Holly Archer responds to critics who took aim at her event attire

Holly Archer completed the London Marathon successful little than 3 hours. 

But earlier she crossed the decorativeness enactment successful 2 hours and 39 minutes, Archer contended with immoderate unexpected commentary related to her appearance. 

Archer appeared to deterioration a brace of moving briefs arsenic she ran the astir 26-mile agelong race, overmuch to the evident ire of immoderate spectators.

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Holly Archer of Great Britain competes during the Women's 2025 TCS London Marathon April 27, 2025, successful London.  (Getty Images/Getty Images)

A video posted to Archer's societal media level became inundated with comments.

Some societal media users claimed the 31-year-old seemed "uncomfortable," portion others argued elements of the outfit intimately resembled a woman's swimsuit.

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There were adjacent claims that Archer "should person worn clothes" arsenic she competed successful the yearly lawsuit precocious past month.

Holly Archer of Great Britain competes successful the Women's Elite Race during the 2025 TCS London Marathon astatine Embankment connected April 27, 2025 successful London, England.  (Sam Mellish/Getty Images)

Archer caught upwind of the chatter. In a abstracted TikTok post, the British runner responded to critics by asking, "Should I person worn a tracksuit?" Archer besides cited the conditions, saying the humidity reached astir 78 percent arsenic temperatures climbed into the mid-70s.

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More than 56,000 participants finished this year's London Marathon.

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