The response has exceeded our expectations; we were able to change the venue layout so we can now accommodate more people than initially anticipated (we are currently at 235, from 54 countries)
The tomb had recently fallen into a sorry state. As early as 2012, AIMS and the world athletics federation IAAF (now World Athletics), together with the Michel Bréal Society, had organised the rescue of the grave and a first, most urgent restoration.
15,000 runners and counting! Just a few days ago we passed the milestone of 15,000 registered participants. Fewer than 2,000 bib numbers now remain for the main race programme on Sunday, 4 October.
Joining Bell in the women’s half marathon is Sam Harrison (Mansfield Harriers, Rob Denmark), who finished ninth in Riga in 2023 at the previous edition of these Championships.
A late add after back-to-back women's 100 mH NR of 12.62 and 12.60 on Aug. 9 and 15, Hitomi Nakajima made her Diamond League debut with a 12.91 (+0.2) for 7th, her slowest time in a final since March's Maurie Plant Meet in Australia.
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