Christoforos Merousis wins Athens 'Authentic' Marathon for third consecutive yea

Gazzetta team 8 Νοεμβρίου 2015 - 18:06

Marathon runner Christoforos Merousis on Sunday emerged victorious for the third consecutive year, finishing first in the 33rd Athens Authentic Marathon men's race with a time of 2:21.22.

The gold in the women's race went to Minori Hayakari from Japan, who beat local competition to come first with a time of 2:52.06.

Silver in the men's race went to Dimitris Theodorakakos, who earned his ninth medal in the Athens marathon with a time of 2:27.03, while Dimosthenis Evangelidis finished third with a time of 2:27.28.

Fourth to arrive at the Panathenian 'Kallimarmaro' Stadium in the men's race were Georgios Karavidas (2:30.41), followed by Michail Kalomoiris (2:31.39) and Kiriakos Simiriotis (2:32.10).

Other medallists in the women's race were Greek runner Ourania Rempouli in second place (2:54.32) and Magda Gazea from Greece in third (2:55.35), earning her a 12 medal in the Athens marathon.

Fourth in the women's category was Konstantina Stefanopoulou (2:59.08), followed by Gloria Priviletzio (3:02.01) and Georgia Louvi (3:04.32).

A total of 43,000 runners took part in the race, which follows the classic route from the ancient battlefield of Marathon to the centre of Athens, covering a distance of 42,195 metres.