Duncan Koech (Kenya) won the 38th edition of the Sofia Marathon, which took place downtown Sofia, sportal.bg reported. Koech ran the 42.195-kilometer distance for 2:15:47 hours. Tubay Erdal from Turkey won the women’s competition. She stopped the clock at 2:34:30 minutes.
Ukrainian athletes won the 21-kilometer event. Bogdan Semyonovich (Ukraine) stopped the clock at 1:04:22. Natalia Semyonovich (Ukraine) ran the 21-kilometer distance for 1:17:47 hours.
Despite the rainy weather in Sofia, more than 2,500 people participated at this year’s edition of the Sofia Marathon. More than 800 people participated at the 21- kilometer event. The number of people who participated at the 10-kilometer event exceeded 1,200.
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