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Unique finisher Medal of the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships - Gdynia 2020

Gdynia, Poland is prepping up for the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships to take place on 29 March 2020. The LOC team have just presented the official finisher medal for the mass race which is absolutely unique. Registration for the event is on with over 10.000 runners already signed up!

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Photo: © Bartłomiej Zborowski / IAAF World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020

World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 (mass race)

Distance ⇒ 21, 097 km

Race date ⇒ 29 March 2020

Location ⇒ Gdynia, Poland

The mass race accompanying the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships is a unique opportunity for amateur runners to line up with the best elite road runners in the world. Up to 20.000 people can participate in this great sporting competition, expected to be the most international road running event ever held in Poland.

Photo: © Sportografia.pl / Sport Evolution

The freshly presented finisher medal is by no means standard. It is thick, precisely designed and crafted in a compass shape. On the obverse, you can see the recently revealed, colorful event logo. More interestingly, there is also a drop of amber – treasure of the Baltic Sea region – sunk in the face of each finisher medal. On the reverse, there is a contour of Poland with some spare space to engrave one’s name and race result.

Photo: © Bartłomiej Zborowski / IAAF World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020

However, the best is yet to come since the medal can be opened. Once you do it, you will see a working compass mechanism inside. Hard to imagine a better reference to Gdynia – “the city of dreams and sea” and Polish window to the world!

Photo: © Bartłomiej Zborowski / IAAF World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020

– Over 10.000 runners from nearly 50 countries have already registered and our goal is to make them leave Gdynia with the best possible experience and memories. I do hope our finisher medal will be proudly hung in many running trophy collections all over the world – says Wojciech Szczurek, Mayor of Gdynia.

Photo: © Bartłomiej Zborowski / IAAF World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020

Together with the finisher medal presentation, the LOC launched the official event website which is available under ⇒ worldathleticshalfmarathon.com/gdynia2020

Photo: © Bartłomiej Zborowski / IAAF World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020

Whereas registration for the event has been opened since May 1st on the Polish online registration platform SlotMarket.pl. Current entry fee is ~ 40 EUR and it involves a bib, a timing chip, insurance, medical care, official t-shirt and a finisher medal. Regular starting kit can be supplemented with add-ons, including accommodation, finisher photos, cancellation insurance and medal engraving that can be ordered directly while signing up for the race.