Over 800 runners from Bulgaria and abroad will run the marathon in Stara Zagora
The seventh consecutive edition of the Stara Zagora Marathon 2022 will gather in the City of Limes this Sunday, April 3, elite runners from Bulgaria and abroad. Participants will be able to choose between three distances – the classic of 42,195 km, half marathon 21 km and 10.5 km, which allows all lovers of running to participate in the race. So far, more than 800 competitors have registered to take part in the competition.
The start of the Stara Zagora 2022 Marathon will be given at 9:00 am in front of the Stara Zagora Municipality building. The route continues on Tsar Simeon the Great Blvd., after which the competitors cross Nikola Petkov Blvd. In the area of the Metro store they make a U-turn and follow the same route to the Municipality of Stara Zagora.
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This year the competition is held under the motto “Running as a way of life” and is part of a chain of marathons in Sofia and Varna. The length of one tour is 10,550 km.
The participants in the marathon run 4 laps, in the half marathon 2 laps, and in the distance 10.5 km. 1 tour. The organizers are the Municipality of Stara Zagora, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, the BFLA, the Leisure Sports Association, the Beroe Athletics Sports Club and the Raketa Sports Club.
The names of the winner in 2020, Omer Aslanoglu from Turkey, famous compatriot Usier Soylemaz, Moroccan Omar Knuin and the best Bulgarian marathoner Shaban Mustafa are among the participants in the marathon distance. Natalia Semyonovich from Ukraine, winner of the marathon distance in 2020, Militsa Mircheva, Marinela Nineva, Devora Avramova will take part in the half marathon in a contested battle for women. For men, the competition for the prizes will be between Bogdan Semyonovich, Yolo Nikolov, Stoyan Vladkov, Miroslav Spasov, Ivan Popov. The participation of Blagoy Todev is expected with great interest at this distance. The talented Bulgarian biathlete this season is a silver medalist at the World Youth Championships, a European youth champion and a participant in the Beijing Olympics.
It will be no less interesting at the shortest distance of 10.5 km. The silver medalist in the 1500m will start there. from the Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020 Hristian Stoyanov, Sava Todorov, Lilyana Georgieva, Silvia Georgieva and others. Prior to his participation in the Olympics, Hristian Stoyanov conducted his training in the city of lime trees because of the wonderful conditions provided by Beroe Stadium.
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During the Stara Zagora Marathon, the National Half Marathon Championship will be held, which will nominate medalists for men and women among 104 applicants.
Those wishing to participate in the “Marathon Stara Zagora” 2022 can still register online at https://www.marathonstarazagora.com/registration.php