14.10.2016
13 ноября греческая столица в очередной (уже 34-й) раз станетcenter of attraction for sports fans and fans. Here the Athens Marathon will take place – every year it combines a record number of participants and viewers. First the marathon in Athens was held in 1896 as part of the Olympic Games, and today the number of brave souls who have decided to test themselves is approaching to 5,000 people.
Annual competitions include a 42 km marathon and sportive walking at distances of 5 and 10 km. I wonder what if previously traditionally won by Greek athletes, then in In recent years, Asians and participants from Of Africa.
At a press conference on the Athens Marathon, Mayor Yorgos Kaminis convinced the audience: the organizers make every effort to “event complied with the best standards of major historical and cultural and sporting events. ”
The finish straight race is at the historic Panathinaikos Stadium, where is the special program for the national team of Greece planned? at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. This year within Marathon Athenians will have the opportunity to greet athletes who gave precious moments of pride to the inhabitants of Greece.
