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Participants. 4,744 (2019) Finish line in 2011. The Hong Kong Marathon ( Chinese: 香港馬拉松 ), sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, is an annual marathon race held in January or February in Hong Kong. In addition to the full marathon, a 10 km run and a half marathon are also held. Around 70,000 runners take part each year across all events.
Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2013. The Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF), launched in 1973, is a major international arts festival committed to enriching the cultural life of the city by presenting leading local and international artists in all genres of the performing arts as well as a diverse range of "PLUS" and educational events in February and March each year.
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. [ 1] Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. [ 2]
It began as Singapore Arts Festival, ( Chinese: 新加坡艺术节) organised by the National Arts Council, in 1977, and was a biennial event until 1999. Since 2012 it has been called Singapore International Festival of Arts, run by Arts Festival Limited, and commissioned by the National Arts Council. The Festival Director is currently Natalie ...
Aurèle Vandendriessche won back-to-back marathons in 1963 and 1964. Ron Hill set a course record at the 1970 Boston Marathon. Bill Rodgers won the race four times between 1975 and 1980. Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot won the race four times, and set two course records. Geoffrey Mutai holds the current course record, 2:03:02, set in 2011.
Sohn Kee-chung ( Korean: 손기정; Korean pronunciation: [son.kidʑʌŋ]; August 29, 1912 [ 1][ 2] – November 15, 2002) was an Olympic athlete and long-distance runner. He became the first ethnic Korean to win a medal at the Olympic Games, winning gold in the marathon at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He was born in the Korean Peninsula, but he ...
Women: 2:28:54 (2019) Priscah Cherono. Official site. Singapore Marathon. Participants. 10,175 (2019) 9,313 (2018) The Singapore Marathon is an annual international marathon race which is held on the first Sunday of December in the city of Singapore. It is a World Athletics Gold Label Road Race.
Matt Weigold - BBC Radio Stoke. July 9, 2024 at 1:21 AM. Organisers of a South Asian arts festival in Newcastle-under-Lyme expect a week-long celebration to open the theatre's doors to the Asian ...