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Baku Marathon - great opportunity for running lovers, says US participant

1 May 2016 14:30 (UTC+04:00)
Baku Marathon - great opportunity for running lovers, says US participant

The Baku Marathon is a great opportunity, especially for those, who do a lot of running, said Brent Lasport, a US participant told Trend.

"For me to take part in such competition is a wonderful thing and I'm very glad I'm here," he said.

The Baku Marathon 2016, organized at the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, kicked off May 1.

The course of the marathon covers a distance of 21 kilometers from its start point at the Flag Square to the finish line at the Baku Olympic Stadium.

The marathon started at 10:00 (UTC/GMT +4 hours). It will take a maximum of four hours and a half to overcome a 21 kilometer-distance.

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