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The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
March 17: 2024 Asian Race Walking Championships (20 km) in Nomi. 20 km winners: Hayato Katsuki (m) / Hitomi Shimoka (f) Road running. April 14: 2024 Montenegro Half Marathon Championships in Nikšić; May 26: 2024 South American Half Marathon Championships in Asunción; Cross country. February 17 & 18: 2024 FISU Cross Country Championships in ...
The 2024 World Athletics Label Road Races were road running competitions held in 2024 that have met the standard for World Athletics to include the race in its Label Road Races program. [1] Like the Diamond League for track and field, the list represents the highest level international road racing circuit. The list contained 303 races, over 60 ...
Due to the elevation profile, the course has been discussed as one of the more challenging Olympic marathons. Notably, for the first time in Olympic history, the public had the opportunity to run the marathon course. Following the Olympic marathon, up to 40,000 runners will be able to participate in a public marathon or a 10k race. [5]
The Olympic records for the event are 2:06:26 hours for men, set by Tamirat Tola in 2024, and 2:22:55 hours for women, set by Sifan Hassan in 2024. The men's marathon world record has been improved several times at the Olympics: in 1908, 1920, and then at successive Olympics by Abebe Bikila in 1960 and 1964. [11]
Per the Olympics' release announcing the robots' existence, the cars are made through a partnership with Toyota and use their onboard cameras and computers to determine the optimal path to ...
The Olympic venues were accessible by 418 km of cycle paths, [72] including 55 km of "Olympists" paths (30 in Paris and 25 in Seine-Saint-Denis) developed during the year preceding the Olympic Games. [73] Although cycling was a recommended mode of transport during the Olympic Games, some usual routes were closed, notably at the Place de la ...
The geography of Flagstaff, Ariz., makes it a mecca for distance runners. It also could makes it an attractive training ground ahead of the 2028 Olympics.