Etiket marathon

Julia Hagmair “I signed up for the run because I love running. After the first few steps on the bridge I was fascinated by the view and forgot about running. I started walking and just enjoyed the great impression of going from Asia to Europe.” These were the first words a German girl said after crossing the finish line at the 32nd Euroasian Marathon in Istanbul. People still can share impressions as the German contestant. But the pattering of over 100,000 feet created dangerous vibrations that caused the Bosporus Bridge to swing and sway dangerously. Monday’s official statement confirmed that the bridge’s lighting posts that were seen swaying left to right during the marathon was not a sign of danger or any damage to the suspension bridge. Binali Yıldırım, Transportation Minister tried to explain the swinging as a natural behaviour of bridges, “Suspension bridges swing. There was no danger alert from the monitoring devices. Suspension bridges do swing,” he said. For the 32nd time Istanbul with its well known Bosporus Bridge enabled once again thousands of people from all over the world to run from Asia to Europe. Winner of the marathon was Kenya’s Vincent Kiplagat who broke the record of Istanbul Marathon history with 2 hours 10 minutes and 39 seconds. He was followed up by two Ethiopians. Ashu Kasım (2:27:25) finished as fastest female runner. Streets closed to motor traffic On Sunday, 17th of October from 7 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. parts of the main roads through Istanbul had been closed to motor traffic for the 32nd Eurasia Marathon, a 15 km Run for the athletes and Fun Run for the public. Instead of car crowded streets professional athletes and handicapped runners, girls and boys, young and old from Turkey and abroad took over the streets. The main […]