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Erbil International Marathon

27-10-2013

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Photos by Seivan Muhammad and Farzin Hassan

Thousands of runners flocked to the streets from countries all over the world to take part in the Third Annual Erbil Marathon on Oct. 25.

The marathon was hosted by a number of sponsors and is an event meant to promote peace and development in the Iraqi Kurdish Region.

A total of nearly 7,000 runners from around the world took part in the event, which consisted of three groups of racers.

The first group was a 4 kilometer run, the second was a 10 kilometer run and the last was a full-marathon of 42 kilometers.

Vincent Cheruiyot, from Kenya, won the full-marathon with a time of 2:33:49.

Second place was taken by Nashwan Zaki from Mosul, Iraq, and third place was taken by Ali Ahmad Salih from Salahhadin, Iraq.