Records Fall at the 2025 Beer Mile World Classic
Corey Bellemore lowers his beer mile world record and Elizabeth Laseter sets a new championship record at the 2025 Beer Mile World Classic in Lisbon, Portugal.
-- July 26, 2025; Lisbon, Portugal --
The 11th edition of the Beer Mile World Classic did not disappoint, with the men's beer mile world record and the women's beer mile championship record both falling, along with a whopping nine national records.
Men's Championship: Corey Bellemore lowers his beer mile world record to 4:27
After coming up short of his world record in 2023 (4:30 in one shoe in Chicago) and 2024 (4:30 in Windsor), Corey Bellemore returned and got his redemption winning the world title in a new world record of 4:27.1. This was his 7th world title (5th consecutive title) and lowered his previous world record of 4:28.1 set in Manchester, England at the 2021 Beer Mile World Classic.
Bellemore has transitioned to triathlon training, so his speed was in question coming into this year's event. But as always, Bellemore delivered in front of the Lisbon crowd and showed why he's the GOAT.
He also led Team Canada to the team title for the first time since the inaugural World Classic in 2015, taking down the American men who have won the past two world titles and have won 8 of the 11 World Classic titles since the event's inception. Maxime Lapierre (4th, 4:56) and Jeff Mountjoy (13th, 5:32) were Canada's other two scorers. Mountjoy sealed their victory from the 3rd heat, soloing a 5:32.
The US men took second, led by Chris Robertson (5th, 5:00), Joe Kehoe (8th, 5:07), and Hayden Bunnell (9th, 5:07) who dropped his bottle opener mid race and potentially cost the US men their chance at the crown. Rounding out the podium was Team Sweden with a strong 2-3 punch from Emil Granqvist (4:51, NR) and Markus Liwing (4:55) along with Emil Kalered (34th).
In addition to Bellemore's new world record, five other men set their country's national record in this race: Emil Granqvist (4:51, Sweden), Tom Van Cappellen (5:05, Belgium), Pascal Schneider (5:22, Switzerland), Fritz Biniok (5:22, Germany), Louis Thomas (6:01, France).
See full team and individual results here: 2025 Beer Mile World Classic results
Women's Championship: Elizabeth Laseter sets a new beer mile championship record
Elizabeth Laseter, USA, delivered once again by winning her 3rd straight title in a new championship record of 5:56, breaking her previous 6:03 championship record from 2023 in Chicago. After a blistering pace set by teammate, Melanie Pozdol, Laseter's running ability let her take the lead just before halfway and pull away with the title.
German Beer Mile Team members Katja Tegler and Anna Kamp stayed patient, letting Pozdol and Laseter gap them early. Ultimately, Tegler and Kamp showed their running strength and passed Pozdol in the last lap to round out the podium in 6:07 and 6:14, both breaking the European record and becoming #3 and #4 on the all time women's list. Melanie Pozdol took 4th in 6:18 to just miss her personal best by one second and give the Americans the team title on a total aggregate time tiebreaker over the Germans.
Master's beer mile world record holder and multi-time world champ, Allison Grace Morgan, finished in 6:38 but ended up disqualified for excessive leftover beer. Anna Bearss, USA, claimed 5th in 6:46, followed by Frida Hellstadius of Sweden in 6th (7:29) and Klara Zackova setting a new Czech national record of 8:03 to take 7th.
See full team and individual results here: 2025 Beer Mile World Classic results