It’s been a good day for equality on Twitter. After nurses shared images of themselves in uniform to expose the stereotypical nature of a Guinness World Records’ (GWR) requirement, the company have taken note and awarded Jessica Anderson the world record for fastest marathon run in a nurse’s uniform.

Anderson, who is a senior sister at the Royal London Hospital, completed the London Marathon wearing scrubs, the uniform she wears day-in day-out on the ward. Her time of three hours, eight minutes and twenty-two seconds, however, wasn’t eligible to replace the previous record of three hours, eight minutes and fifty-four seconds since the category required runners to wear a supposedly traditional nurse’s dress.

Before the race GWR had declined Anderson’s application because of her outfit choice. After she successfully ran a faster time, the injustice was picked up by the press prompting GWR to announce a review of their category.

In a statement on their website they announced the reversal of their decision, stating: “Our guidelines for the fastest marathon wearing a nurse’s uniform were outdated, incorrect and reflected a stereotype we do not in any way wish to perpetuate.”

Guinness World Records reverse sexist category to award NHS nurse her rightful marathon record