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  • May 15th, 2018

    Swimming Festival in Marmaris

    Arena Aquamasters Swimming Championship will begin on 16 May. The 3-day short course races will be followed by open water meets.

    The seventh edition of the event will first host the Profilo Short Course Swimming Championship from 16th to 18th of May. International Aquamasters Profilo Open Water Endurance Marathon over a distance of 5000m will follow on 19 May morning. The afternoon session of the same day will see the International Aquamasters Setur Marinas 4x500m Relay Meet. The event will conclude with the International Aquamasters Martı Hotels Open Water Swimming Championship, which will be staged on two different distances, 1500m and 3000m.

    The open water meets at the 7th International Arena Aquamasters Swimming Championship will be timed by Depar Timing. Detailed information on the races can be reached at the official website of the event at www.aquamasters.org.

  • May 11th, 2018

    Back to the Hittite Land

    The fourth edition of the Hittite Run, an annual event organized by Çorum Municipality since 2015, will take place on 13 May.

    4th International Hittite Run incorporates a 10km race as well as a public run over the distance of 3km, both offering cash prizes to the top finishers. Depar Timing will once again provide the timing services in Çorum, where a total of 29 age groups classification is made, and the results will be delivered to the organizers as soon as each race is over. Top three male and female participants in all age groups will also receive prize money in the two races. This year, the 10km will see an inter-clubs competition for the first time.

    4th International Hittite Run will start from the city centre at 10:00 on 13 May. Further event-related information is available on the website at hititkosulari.org.

  • May 10th, 2018

    Journey to the Island

    Nearly two thousand runners will hit the course at the New Balance Bozcaada Half Marathon and 10km Run. The event is on 12 May.

    Having left seven successful editions behind, New Balance Bozcaada Half Marathon and 10km Run attracted a record number of participants this year. The activities will start with the Kids Marathon at 18:30 on Friday, 11 May, and will be followed by the half marathon scheduled to 09:30 and the 10km at 10:00 on Saturday, 12 May. Cumhuriyet Meydanı, the start and finish areas of the races, will be the scene of various other activities over the two days.

    Timing services at the New Balance Bozcaada Half Marathon and 10km Run will be provided by Depar Timing. Detailed information about the event as well as a list of “runner-friendly” hotels on the island can be reached at the website newbalancerun.com.

  • May 1st, 2018

    Run For Those Who Can’t

    WFL World Run, providing funds for spinal cord research, will be held in İzmir on 6 May. The race with no finish line starts simultaneously in 12 countries.

    Wings For Life World Run is organized by the non-profit Wings For Life Foundation, and the full revenue raised from the event is transferred to scientific spinal cord researches. The race will be held under the slogan “Run For Those Who Can’t” once again in its fifth year. Across its first four editions, the Wings for Life World Run attracted 441,021 people from 193 nationalities covering 4,276,640 kilometres. Besides the 12 countries that the event will be held, it is also possible to participate virtually by a smart phone application developed for the purpose. Detailed information can be reached at www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com.

    In each of the cities the Wings for Life World Run is held, the competitors who are caught by a car are considered to have finished the race. The Catcher Car gives the runners a 30-minute head start, then takes off. The last runner to be caught by the Catcher Car in İzmir will be the Turkish winner, the last participant remaining in all cities will be crowned the world champion. Last year, the global winner was Aron Anderson of Sweden who covered 92,14 kilometres in Duabi before he was caught by the car. Veysi Aslan with 57,51 kilometres was the winner in İzmir.

    Timing services of Wings For Life World Run in İzmir is provided by Depar Timing in cooperation with the German company Datacapo. Depar Timing utilises different timing systems that it owns, and the system used in Wings For Life World Run is ChronoTrack, which times also Paris and New York marathons.

  • April 27th, 2018

    Clubs To Compete in Çorum

    International Hittite Run will see a clubs classification in its fourth edition. The event, organized by Çorum Municipality, is on Sunday, 13 May.

    Being staged since 2015, the International Hittite Run attracts national and foreign elite athletes in the 10km race while a 3km run receives large participation from the locals. This year will be the first time that an inter-clubs competition will take place within the 10km. The finishing times of the best placed three runners of each club will determine the classification, in which the top three teams will be awarded trophies. The individual male and female winners of the 10km race will pocket 5,000 Turkish Liras, and the master athletes are offered prize money in a total of 15 age categories. There is also prize money in 14 age groups in the 3km public run.

    Detailed information and the entry form can be found at www.hititkosulari.org, the official website of the event.