TURKEY: ETHIOPIA'S BELAY WOLASHE AND RIMMA DOUBOVIK OF THE UKRAINE WIN THE MEN AND WOMEN'S TWENTY FIFTH INTERCONTINENTAL EURASIA MARATHON IN ISTANBUL

Record ID: 647987

  • Title: TURKEY: ETHIOPIA'S BELAY WOLASHE AND RIMMA DOUBOVIK OF THE UKRAINE WIN THE MEN AND WOMEN'S TWENTY FIFTH INTERCONTINENTAL EURASIA MARATHON IN ISTANBUL
  • Date: 19th October 2003
  • Summary: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (OCTOBER 19, 2003) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 1. PEOPLE CROSSING BRIDGE FOR THE PUBLIC RACE 2. VARIOUS OF ATHLETES RUNNING 3. MARATHON RUNNERS 4. POLICE HELICOPTER 5. MARATHON MEN WINNER ARRIVAL TO THE FINISH 6. WOMEN'S MARATHON AT FINISH 7. SOUNDBITE (English) BELAY WOLASHE, WINNER OF MEN'S MARATHON, SAYING: "It is fine because I won, a little humidity but it is nice, people are very nice. I like Turkey." 8. SPECTATORS AT THE STADIUM 9. THE MEDAL CEREMONY FOR MEN'S MARATHON WINNER Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 3rd November 2003 12:00
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  • Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Reuters ID: LVAAV7T65V8G1IAPVRKRXRJQKV3E
  • Story Text: 100,000 people ran accross the Bosphorus bridge on
    Sunday on the occaison of the 25th Intercontinentan Eurasia
    Marathon.




    The 25th Intercontinental Eurasia Marathon started
    early on Sunday (October 19) in Istanbul, on the Bosphorus
    bridge connecting the Asian continent to Europe.

    Around 100,000 professional and non-professional
    athletes competed in three different categories, the
    marathon, the 15 kilometre race, and the public race
    consisting of crossing the bridge into Istanbul's main
    Taksim square.

    The State Minister for the Sports, Mehmet Ali Sahin
    started the 25-year-old race and then joined in, along with
    Istanbul major Ali Mufit Gurtuna and Istanbul governor
    Muammer Guler.

    Many people participate in the marathon's public race
    just to be able to cross the Bosphorus bridge by foot, as
    this is normally forbidden.

    People came with their babies, some with friends and
    some even tried to picnic on the bridge, watching the
    beauty of the Bosphorus below their feet. Lots of
    competitors took a moment on the bridge for a photo.

    There was a demonstration against the war in Iraq and
    the Turkish parliament's decision to send troops, but the
    protesters were quickly arrested by the police.

    Ethiopia's Belay Wolashe, who won the event, said he
    had worked very hard for it.

    "It is fine because I won, a little humidity but it is
    nice, people are very nice. I I like Turkey," Wolashi said
    after the race.

    Wolashe finished the race in 2.18.29, winning 20,000
    U.S. dollars. The women's race went to Rimma Doubovik from
    Ukraine in 2.36.49, she also won 20,000 U.S. dollars.




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