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More than fourteen thousand runners competing. At the start Also relays solidarity The non-profit organization
Kenya, Kenya, Eritrea. This is the podium of the fourteenth edition of the Milan Marathon SuisseGas game at 9:15 from Rho Fiera. Francis Kiprop, Stephen Kipkemei Tum and Ghebrezgiabhier Weldemicael Kibrom are the top three finishers. A flood of applause for Danilo Goff, the first Italian to cross the finish line. The race of the Milanese, but not only. The 14,027 participants come from all over Italy and from all over the world. Sixty-eight nationalities recorded, from India to South Korea, the United States to China to Pakistan. There are a lot of amateur runners as professional athletes, for a total of 4,515 runners. And then a lot of teams entered in the relay: 2,378, for a total of 9,512 people.
The Milan Marathon organized by RCS Sport has become a burden for the appointment of world athletics. In addition to fans, in fact, have competed the "top runner" of international stature who will compete for the best time. All eyes on the Kenyan and Ethiopian athletes, both in the male than in the female category (which will also participate Monica Jepkoech, the athlete Kenyan winner of the last edition). But competition is also valid for the Italian Championship and for the category "Master." The challenge in this case is played between Danilo Goff and Stephen Scaife, who will seek a "smart partnership" to improve their personal and earn a pass for Europeans in Zurich (in August).
The Milan Marathon is more and more of the race of solidarity: 130 non-profit towns were represented by runners during the race volunteers. There are also those illustrious as a DJ Linus along with Olympic champion Stefano Baldini (gold in the marathon in Athens in 2004) and cycling coach Davide Cassani has competed for support Anpil, an association that helps children of Congo. A day full of values, in short, from competition to solidarity, without forgetting the fun. The route has remained the same as last year: from Rho Fiera and finish in Piazza Castello. Runners have skirted the forest in the city, the San Siro Stadium, the Arch of Peace, the Central Station, and then came to the center (San Babila, Scala, the Duomo, the Triennale). Enthusiastic organizers, but have yet to take off a satisfaction: "The numbers are from this edition record, but we want to get there early to 20 thousand subscribers. We'll make it.
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