Luanda - The second edition of the international race dubbed Peace Half Marathon, to be held on April 4 in Luanda, has been initially budgeted at 54 million kwanzas, 20 million more than the previous edition in 2022, the race coordinator Adriano Nunes said Wednesday.
Nunes explained that the amount could be increased according to the number of participants, since roughly 3,000 competitors are expected to take part in the race.
The race coordinator added that registrations are taking place in three phases for professional athletes and interested people to be registered for the competition starting from January 18 to March 15.
The race will also maintain the same course of 21.0975 km as in the previous edition. Starting in front of the Port of Luanda and end at António Agostinho Neto Avenue (in front of the Mausoleum).
The organization reserves prizes in US dollars for the elite athletes, in both men and women categories.
Individual competitors and disabled athletes (paralympics) will be awarded 200 000, 150 000 and 100 000 Kwanzas, respectively, while veteran racers will be awarded 150 000 kwanzas.
According to the organizing committee, an additional bonus of 1,000 US dollars will be offered to the athlete who breaks the 2022 race record which is 1.03.17, for men, and 1.11.52 for women.
In the past edition of the Peace Half Marathon, the first place in men's came to Kenyan runner Isaac Chebuyo with a time of 1.3.17, followed by his compatriots Leonard Langat (1.03.20) and Albert Kangogo(1.03.28).
In women's, Ethiopia's Yalemget Mekuriyaw triumphed, clocking 1.11.52, seconded by Violah Motosio (1.13.25) and Damaris Mutua (1.14.39), both from Bahrain.
