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He was born on 21 November 1990 in Amfissa and resides in Athens. His personal best in the Marathon run (2:14:15) places him in the fifth place among all time Greek Marathon runners. On 14 November 2021, with a time of 2:16:49 during the 2021 Athens Classic Marathon , he set the record for the fastest Greek runner of all time that has run the ...
' Son of Pheídippos ') or Philippides (Φιλιππίδης) is the central figure in the story that inspired the marathon race. Pheidippides is said to have run 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of the victory of the Battle of Marathon, and, according to Herodotus, to have run from Athens to Sparta.
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The marathon race and course is inspired by the Ancient Athenian army run from Marathon to Athens after the Battle of Marathon. [3] Taking from the tradition of the Olympic Torch, the race features the Marathon Flame, which is lit at the Tomb of the Battle of Marathon [4] and carried to the stadium in Marathon before the beginning of each race. [5]
The WMA list for marathon finishers contains no entries for the 95+ age group and above. [ 6 ] Veteran marathon runner Werner Sonntag took part in the 1976 Marathon-Athens race and reported in his weekly column [ 7 ] that the German sports magazine, Spiridon [ de ] , claimed at the time that Yordanidis cut the course by using a car; however, no ...
Kenyan runners have won the race 17 times since 2001. ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Kenya’s Edwin Kiptoo has won the 40th Athens Marathon in a course-record time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 34 seconds.
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