Domico Watson clocked 3hr 5min 41sec at the BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday to complete the original six Abbott World Marathon Majors.

Watson's time placed him 4,656th overall, 4,151st among men and 948th in his 30-39 age group.

After completing the race, the Bermudian was presented with his Six Star Finisher Medal and inducted into the Six Star Hall of Fame. He is the seventeenth runner from Bermuda to achieve the feat.

“I’m extremely excited to accomplish the goal I’ve had for so many years now,” Watson told The Royal Gazette.

“I’m just proud of the fact that it took a lot of hard work, effort, different injuries and all sorts of stuff to eventually get here.

“But you travel around the world, get a chance to experience some cool events that you probably wouldn’t have thought you would have done in the first place.

“It just becomes a whole different feeling when you cross the finish line, knowing you have all of that behind you.

“It was amazing to get that medal. They had a tunnel of people cheering for you, knowing that you were a six star finisher, you walked through and someone from the team awarded you your medal.”

While he went into the race targeting a sub three-hour marathon, the 33-year-old was happy with his finishing time.

“It was interesting because I had an initial time goal of getting under three hours,” he said.

“But in the race, so many factors come into play. From mile 15 to 20, I was dealing with some bad cramping in my legs, which made things feel a bit tough.

“There’s also a lot of people in these races, which means a lot of traffic to get through, so it comes to a point where if things aren’t going your way, you just end up enjoying the day.

“That’s what I think I just found actually that the last five miles of the race I started to feel really good and was able to finish strong.

“That was that was all I cared about today, just enjoying the day, finishing strong and then accomplishing the goal of the sixth medal.”

Watson had an entourage of family members backing him, including his mother Donna Raynor and his stepfather Ray Raynor.

“My mum was able to get a pass to be there,” he said.

“She got to be on the sidelines to witness it and take my photo as well, so that made the memory even more special than I think it normally would be.”

Raynor, a World Athletics Council member, was delighted to witness her son achieving his dream.

“I am very proud of Domico for accomplishing his goal of becoming the six-star finisher,” she said.

“His goal at the Berlin Marathon was to complete the marathon and not focus on time. I’m happy he did that while running a good time.”

Meanwhile, Bermuda resident Colm Homan (4:20:25) and his daughter Aisling (4:20:26) also ran the marathon in the German capital.

It was the 45th marathon for the 54-year-old Colm Homan, who was running to raise money in honour of his son Eoghan, who died of cancer aged 16 in 2023.

“It’s very special for me to now be able to share some of these experiences with Aisling, who up until about a year ago had never run more than a mile before,” he said.

“She did fantastic with a 12-minute PB but more importantly seemed to really enjoy the race, despite the warm conditions.

“I had a great time all the way around and thought it was very good crowd support and a flat fast course.

“To make my fundraising campaign for Boston 2027 more special, I am trying to make it my 50th.

“Last year’s Boston was 42 and I then did London and Cape Town. In order to get to 50, I had Berlin, Hartford marathon in two weeks, California International Marathon in early December, Bermuda in January, Tokyo in March and hopefully, finishing with Boston as the 50th in April.

“I have already done the six majors and I’m now working on finishing my third “lap” of them.

“I now just have Tokyo left in March next year to finish that set of six and then hope to add Shanghai as a ninth star if it gets approved later this year.”

For the 22-year-old Aisling, a fourth-year student at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, running in honour of her late brother is something fulfilling.

“I started running to try and honour my brother’s memory so it is very meaningful for me to be able to complete some of these major races and nice to do them with my dad,” she said.

“I enjoyed most of my but found the last 10K tough because it got a lot warmer. We had a great cheer squad with my mum travelling all the way around the city to cheer us on which helped a lot.”

Another runner from Bermuda, Samuel Booth, also ran and finished with a time of 5:06:29.