The Zurich Rock 'n' Roll Running Series Madrid Marathon has brought together more than 35,000 runners through the streets of the capital this Sunday, including nearly 10,000 foreign athletes from 110 countries, in one of the most important sporting events in the city.
The athletes from Uganda Geoffrey Kusuro and Doreen Chesang have been proclaimed champions, in the men's and women's categories, where the Spanish Marta Galimany was third. The Ugandan double closed the morning of athletics through the streets of Madrid, with the third and last test after the 10 and 21 kilometer race. Kusuro won the men's category with a time of 2:10:29 and Doreen Chesang did the same in the women's category (2:26:31).
In men, the victory was close until the last meters, equalized the first three until the Plaza de Cibeles. There, Kusuro imposed his law to arrive a couple of seconds before the Kenyans Sila Kiptoo (2:10:31) and Bernard Kimkemboi (2:10:32).
Meanwhile, Chesang found no rival at the Paseo de Recoletos finish line, several minutes ahead of the Ethiopian Fetale Tsegaye (2:32:18). Third, the national marathon record holder, Marta Galimany, the first Spanish classified and bronze medalist (2:37:47) crossed the finish line on a very hard day for the Catalan, who suffered stomach problems for much of the race. Shortly before, the first Spaniard of the Zurich Rock 'n' Roll Running Series Madrid marathon, Alberto Bueno González, had entered the finish line.
The toilets of the Samur-Civil Protection have treated fifty people this Sunday during the celebration of the 'Zurich Rock and Roll Running Series Madrid' Marathon, all of them of a mild nature, as reported by Emergencias Madrid.
The sporting event, the Rock 'n' Roll Running Series Madrid party, has included tests of 10 kilometers, half marathon (21 kilometers) and marathon (42 kilometers) with departures at 8:00 in the morning from the promenade de la Castellana, in the Plaza del Doctor Marañón, and arrivals until 4:05 p.m. in Paseo de Recoletos, between Prim and Almirante streets.
