Marathon

The exhibition Half Marathon Expo – a unique sports and shopping festival where participants and guests have to opportunity to learn and learn about products and services around sports – kicks off at the Zappeion Hall in downtown Athens on April 30 and runs through to May 3.

Visitors have the opportunity to become informed about:

BELGRADE - The Marathon Flame, a symbol of peace, fair play and tolerance arrived in Belgrade from Athens Wednesday, and will burn at the 28th Belgrade Marathon's start and finish lines on Saturday, April 18.

BELGRADE - Preparations for the 28th Belgrade Marathon have been completed and the race, due to take place on April 18, should gather a record number of participants in elite races, the organisers of the Belgrade traditional event announced in the City Assembly on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - This year's 28th Belgrade Marathon has become the first European event of its kind to be awarded the quality and safety certificate of European Athletics (EA), said a statement released from the organisation's headquarters in Geneva on Monday,

The 10th Alexander the Great International Marathon commenced in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on April 5. This year's events had a 40% increase in participation from 2014 with an extra 1,500 spots added by organizers.

More than 20,000 participants gathered in the region for races as well as other parallel events despite the wet weather.

The 10th Athens Animfest from March 26 through to April 1. Dozens of animated movies and dedications at various venues will be featured either for free or at a very low cost.

The Athens Half Marathon, an international event open to all, will be held for the fourth consecutive year on May 3, 2015.

Runners of all ages from Greece and abroad will have the opportunity to participate in an ideal race in the heart of the Greek capital, which is full of significant historical buildings and sites.

Athletics global governing body is to launch a doping crackdown on elite marathon runners after scandals involving top Kenyan and Russian stars.
      
Organisers of the top races in London, New York, Boston, Chicago, Tokyo and Berlin have agreed to finance extra testing of top runners by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
      

The Spetses Mini Marathon, the largest rural athletic competition in Greece, has been entered for the European Business Awards for the category of RSM Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

This year, the Spetses Mini Marathon is due to take place from October 9-11.

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BELGRADE- Renowned Yugoslav marathon runner Franjo Mihalic passed away at the age of 95 in Belgrade on Saturday.

The legendary winner of silver medals at the Olympics in Melbourne dedicated his whole life to sport, especially athletics.

Mihalic broke down 22 records in his career, and his greatest success was the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Melbourne in April 1956.