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The traditional story relates that Pheidippides (530–490 BC), an Athenian runner, or hemerodrome [3] (translated as 'day-runner', [4] 'courier', [5] [6] 'professional-running courier' [3] or 'day-long runner' [7]), was sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, Greece. He ran about 240 km (150 mi) in two days, and ...
The marathon race and course is inspired by the Ancient Athenian army run from Marathon to Athens after the Battle of Marathon. [3] Taking from the tradition of the Olympic Torch, the race features the Marathon Flame, which is lit at the Tomb of the Battle of Marathon [4] and carried to the stadium in Marathon before the beginning of each race. [5]
Stylianos "Stelios" Kyriakides (Greek: Στυλιανός «Στέλιος» Κυριακίδης; 15 January 1910 (OS/NS) – 10 December 1987) was a Greek Cypriot marathon runner who came first at the Boston Marathon in 1946, with the aim of raising money to provide food and shelter to the Greeks, who were experiencing severe poverty after the Second World War and Greek Civil War.
Vasilakos in the middle, [12] marathon runners in training, 1896 [2] [3] On 22 March 1896, [13] Greece held the first modern Panhellenic Games. The main purpose of the games was to select the team that would compete in the first Modern Olympic Games later the same year. All participants were members of Greek sports clubs.
The Alexander the Great Marathon (Greek: Μαραθώνιος Μέγας Αλέξανδρος) is an annual marathon race held in mid-April between Pella (birthplace of Alexander the Great) and Thessaloniki, Greece, since 2006. It is an AIMS-certified race, [2] and its editions of 2010 [3] and 2011 [4] received IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status.
[13] [14] He is the only Briton to have won the Fukuoka Marathon. [15] In 1969, he ran in the Athens Classic Marathon, which is run over the same course as the original marathon run by Pheidippides. [16] He set a course record, clocking 2:11:07, which was not broken until 2004, when Stefano Baldini broke the record.
A new restaurant in Greece is setting itself apart by serving brunch all day, every day. The Silo Brunch Bar has opened at 300 Paddy Creek Circle, off West Ridge Road near the Route 390 interchange.
Athens, Greece Shot put: 19.84 m Lourcas Louca: 9 April 1975 Athens, Greece 19.97 m Michalis Louca: 28 June 2000 Athens, Greece Discus throw: 66.32 m Apostolos Parellis: 30 September 2019 World Championships: Doha, Qatar [10] Hammer throw: 75.32 m Constantinos Stathelakos: 16 May 2015 Tripoli, Greece [11] Javelin throw: 77.65 m Paraskevas ...