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The Istanbul Marathon (Turkish: İstanbul Maratonu, also known as Türkiye İş Bankası Istanbul Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an international athletics event hosted in Istanbul, Turkey, in November, first held in 1979. [3] It is the only marathon in the world whose course spans two continents, Asia and Europe. [a]
Istanbul Half Marathon established. 2015 6 January: 2015 Istanbul suicide bombing. 17 March: 2015 SAHA Istanbul, Defence, Aviation and Space Clustering Association established. [33] 19 April: M6 (Istanbul Metro) line opened. 26 May: Mehmet Çakır Cultural and Sports Center opened. 1 December: 2015 Istanbul metro bombing.
Name City / Race Location Country Month* *Last race was held Inception Ref Amsterdam Marathon: Amsterdam Netherlands October: 1975: Berlin Marathon: Berlin Germany September
Chepng'etich won the women's only road race at the 40th Istanbul Marathon, a World Athletics Label Road Race.She ran 2:18:35, with split times of 31:59 at 10 km, 48:15 at 15 km, 1:08:22 at the half marathon mark, and 1:37:42 at 30 km. Chepng'etich's performance was a course record, the best performance ever on Turkish soil, and, at the time, was the seventh fastest time in history.
Istanbul, the city nestled along the Bosphorus strait for more than 2,500 years, takes another small step on its journey through history this week as voters decide who will lead the metropolis for ...
Depiction of Istanbul, then known in English as Constantinople, from Young Folks' History of Rome by Charlotte Mary Yonge. Neolithic artifacts, uncovered by archeologists at the beginning of the 21st century, indicate that Istanbul's historic peninsula was settled as far back as the 6th millennium BCE. [1]
Men’s world champion Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia and 2022 Paris Marathon women’s champion Judith Jeptum Korir of Kenya will headline the fields for the Sydney Marathon in September. Organizers on ...
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