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5th International Peace Marathon, Kigali, 24 May 2009
Born from an idea of Mrs Mireille Bastian from the Soroptimist Club Luxembourg Melusina in 2001 and later realised by Mrs Bettina Scholl-Sabbatini from the Soroptimist Club Esch-sur-Alzette, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, the International Peace Marathon in Kigali was run for the first time on 15 May 2005. The Soroptimist International of Europe and Rwanda with their project “Femmes Artisanes de la Paix” and the “Association des Amis Luxembourgeois du Marathon de Kigali” (ALMK), together with the Rwandan Ministery for Youth, Sports and Culture are co-organizer of the marathon in Kigali under the high patronage of his Excellency the President of the Republic of Rwanda.
The course of the marathon of 42.195 km is approved and certified by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS) and is run in 4 rounds. The half marathon is run in 2 rounds and the course of the "Run for Fun" has 5 km. The circuit is quite undulating as each round has a variation in level of nearly 350 m. Thousands of spectators are bordering the circuit, supporting all the participants, who often encourage each other when someone looses a bit of speed. The 2009 edition of the International Peace Marathon was again chosen by AIMS for their special Children's Series, where children of the 10-12 years age-range from all over Rwanda were selected by their schools to run the 5 km "Run for Fun" track. This fact gave official and international recognition to the International Peace Marathon, as all marathon runners of the whole world are now aware of the Marathon in Kigali. Furthermore, the Marathon closed a peace week with its main theme of "Ending Violence against Women and Children", organised successfully by the Rwandan authorities. Here are the results of 2009 : Official results can be consulted on Chronorace.be) Marathon => 235 participants of which 140 arrived * MAL | Kenya | KIPKOSGEI TABUT Benjamin | 2:21:38 * FEM | Tanzania | BANUELIA Bryton | 2:47:49 (New course record) Half Marathon => 894 participants of which 466 arrived * MAL | Kenya | MELI James | 1:03:52 * FEM | Tanzania | SARAH Ramadhani | 1:16:55 Run for Fun => 2096 participants of which 1131 arrived * MAL | Rwanda | HABINEZA Emmanuel | 0:17:42 * FEM | Rwanda | AKIMANA Marie Merci | 0:18:44 * Last | Luxembourg | PRIPLATA Vladislav | 2:06:40 Team Marthon Relay => 14 participants of which 8 arrived * MAL | Rwanda | APR 1 Evariste And Friends | 02:15:07
The Amohoro Stadium had been entirely redone and allowed some entertainment again, which helped to create the lively ambience of the years before. The applause for the participants crossing the arrival line, was as intense as usual.
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See you ALL at the 6th International Peace Marathon on 23 May 2010
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