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Darıca Half Marathon
Darıca Half Marathon () is an international athletic event that takes place in Darıca town of Kocaeli Province annually since 2011. The half marathon is organized in October. Master men and women divisions, as well as a fun run A fun run is a friendly race that involves either road running or cross country running with participants taking part for their own enjoyment rather than competition. A fun run will usually be held to raise funds for a charity, with sponsors prov ... are held during the event. The first half marathon took place on September 25, 2011 with 460 male and 90 female athletes. At the event held on October 6, 2013, 1,150 registered athletes from 15 nations took part. The fun run was performed by around 4,000 participants. The total money prize is Us$50,000 while the male and female winners receive US$5,000, the runners-up US$3,000 and the third placed athletes US$2,000 etc. respectively. Winners Key: References Half marathons in Turkey Sport in Dar ...
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Kocaeli Province
Kocaeli Province (, ) is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality of Turkey and one of only three not to have the same official name as its capital, İzmit, which is thus also sometimes called Kocaeli. Its area is , and its population is 2,102,907 (2023). The province is the successor of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman-era Sanjak of Kocaeli. The largest towns in the province are İzmit and Gebze. The Turkish car number plates#Location codes, traffic code is 41. The province is located at the easternmost end of the Sea of Marmara around the Gulf of İzmit. Kocaeli is bordered by the province of Istanbul Province, Istanbul and the Marmara Sea to the west, the Black Sea to the north, the province of Sakarya Province, Sakarya to the east, the province of Bursa Province, Bursa to the south and the province of Yalova Province, Yalova to the southwest. The metropolitan area of Istanbul extends to the Kocaeli-Istanbul provincial bo ...
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Purity Cherotich Rionoripo
Purity Cherotich Rionoripo (born 10 June 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She won the Copenhagen Half Marathon in 2015 in 1:08:29 as well as the Lisbon Marathon in 2:25:09. She won the 2017 Paris Marathon with a time of 2:20:55, and the Prague Marathon 2021 "Battle of the Teams" event in 2:20:14. In a press release from December 20th, 2022, The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) published that she has been banned for 5 years for violations of the World Athletics Anti-Doping Rules after testing positive for the banned diuretic furosemide. https://www.athleticsintegrity.org/downloads/pdfs/other/Press-Release-KIPYOKEI-RIONORIP-LEMPUS.pdf She is married to Kenyan runner Paul Lonyangata Paul Kipchumba Lonyangata (born 12 December 1992) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in road running events. He is a marathon runner with a personal best of 2:06:10 and has won marathons in Lisbon, Shanghai, Taipei and Paris. He was .... References External links * 1993 ...
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Annual Events In Turkey
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2011 Establishments In Turkey
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Sport In Darıca
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admitt ...
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Half Marathons In Turkey
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Bahar Doğan
Bahar Doğan (born September 2, 1974) is a Turkish female long-distance runner, who is specialized in marathon running. She is coached by Ertan Hatipoğlu at Üsküdar Belediyespor. The tall athlete at is a student of physical education and sports at Kocaeli University. She is the winner of 2012 Adana Half Marathon with 1:16.18. Bahar Doğan represented Turkey at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the marathon event finishing 50th. In 2011, she won the first edition of Darıca Half Marathon in a time 1:14:10. She qualified for participation in the marathon event at the 2012 Olympics in London, and finished in 63rd place. She took the 5th place in the 10,000 m. event of 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey (35:27:48) In 2015 she was banned for 2 years for 2011 biological passport irregularities. Personal bests According to All-Athletics records, her best times as of March 2012 are: *1500 m 4:28.90 - Ankara (TUR), 14.08.2010 *3000 m 9:12.31 - Istanbul (TUR), ...
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Bekir Karayel
Bekir Karayel (born 10 May 1982 in Sungurlu) is a Turkish middle and long-distance runner, who later specialized in marathon. The tall athlete at is a member of İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K., where he is coached by Satılmış Atmaca. He studied at Gazi University. In 2011, he won the first edition of Darıca Half Marathon in a time 1:05:08. He qualified for participation in marathon event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and finished in 76th. Personal best *800m - 1:58.55 (2004) *1500m - 4:00.33 (2003) *2000m - 5:20.74 (2003) *3000m - 8:47.49 (2003) *10000m - 30:00.88 (2011) *Half Marathon - 1:02:48 (2014) *Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ... - 2:13:21 (2012) References External links * * * * * 1982 births People from Sungurlu Livi ...
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Mulu Seboka
Mulu Seboka Seyfu (born 25 September 1984) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes mainly in marathons. She represented Ethiopia in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and in the half marathon at the 2006 IAAF World Road Running Championships. She has won marathons on four continents and holds a personal best of 2:21:56 hours. Career She had her first significant win at the Valencia Marathon in 2003. She dipped under two hours forty minutes for the distance at the Maratona di Sant'Antonio in 2004 and had her second win at the Mumbai Marathon a year later. She knocked over four minutes off her best at the 2005 London Marathon, recording 2:30:54 hours to place ninth. In 2006, she defended her Mumbai title and improved to 2:30:41 hours at the Nagoya Women's Marathon, finishing ninth at the high calibre race.Mulu Sebok ...
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Mark Kiptoo
Mark Kosgey Kiptoo (born 21 June 1976) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who set the world record in the marathon for the Masters age group (40 and over) by running 2:07:50 in the 2018 Frankfurt Marathon. He also specialized in the 5000 metres throughout his career. He is a two-time gold medalist in the event at the Military World Games and won bronze medals over the distance at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 African Championships in Athletics. He has also represented Kenya at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the All-Africa Games. His personal best times are 7:32.97 minutes in the 3000 metres, achieved in May 2009 in Doha; 12:53.46 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in August 2010; and 27:14.67 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Eugene. Career Born in Lumino Village in Kenya's Lugari District, Kiptoo attended Lumino Primary School then Mukumu Boys High School. Following his graduation in 1996, he joined the Kenyan Armed Forces. He ...
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Visiline Jepkesho
Visiline Jepkesho (born 30 December 1989) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics and 2016 Summer Olympics. She began her professional road running career in 2013 and won the Darıca Half Marathon. A marathon debut followed at the 2014 Milan Marathon, which she won in a time of 2:28:40. She had two more high-profile wins that year, topping the podium at the Gifu Seiryu Half Marathon and the Lisbon Marathon, setting personal bests of 1:10:53 and 2:26:47 along the way.Visiline Chepkesho
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She entered the top level 2015

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