The PKO Białystok Half Marathon 2018 took place on May 12-13 in most green city of the North-Eastern Poland! It was the biggest running event in this weekend: 6000 runners from 20 countries competed in different distances during two sunshine days!
The main competition was on Sunday, 13th May – PKO Białystok Half Marathon 2018 and a distance of 21,097 km was finished by 3211 athletes! The fastest was a runner from Kenya – Hillary Kiptum Maiyo Kimaiyo with a new race record (01:05:02).
Best Polish runner – Emil Dobrowolski (01:08:18). As part of the PKO Białystok Half Marathon, there were also Open Academic Championships in the Half Marathon distance, where the victory was celebrated by Pavel Krasko from Belarus (01:17:39).
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PKO Białystok Half Marathon 2018 – TOP-Men Results:
1. KIMAIYO Hillary, KEN – 01:05:02
2. CHERUTICH Nelson, KEN – 01:06:41
3. MUMO Joseph, KEN – 01:07:09
4. DOBROWOLSKI Emil, POL – 01:08:18
5. KUBIEC Dawid, POL – 01:08:42
6. KABAT Damian, POL – 01:09:41
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PKO Białystok Half Marathon 2018 – TOP-Women Results:
1. KÁCSER Zita, HUN - 01:16:50
2. GOSK Anna, POL - 01:20:09
3. VERNYGOR Tetyana, UKR - 01:21:58
4. ŁAPIŃSKA Anna, POL - 01:22:25
5. MANCZUK Angelika, POL - 01:23:49
6. PETKEVICIENE Loreta, LTU - 01:29:35
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Among the international guests-teams the biggest was from Belarus – 66 athletes (in 21,097 and 5 km). Thank you friends for your trust and excellent results!
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Runners from Lithuania are always traditionally dear guests in Białystok Half Marathon. Ačiū, draugai!
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International Running Festival in Białystok is not only classic Half Marathon distance (21,097 km). This is a Breakfast Run (big open workout for everyone), Junior City Run for children (1000 participants), 5K City Run (1000 amateur runners).
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5K City Run – Men Results:
1. ROSZKO Damian, POL – 00:14:44
2. JASTRZĘBSKI Kamil, POL – 00:14:50
3. PYSZEL Florian, POL – 00:15:18
Photo: © Kseniya Waszkewicz / EMG
5K City Run – Women Results:
1. RUTKOWSKA Katarzyna, POL – 00:17:01
2. PARSZCZYŃSKA Izabela, POL – 00:18:00
3. KOPCIEWSKA Paula, POL – 00:18:03
Photo: © Kseniya Waszkewicz / EMG
It was cool! Białystok is the official running capital of Eastern Poland!
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From Poland with love!
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© PKO Białystok Półmaraton via EMG
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