FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEB Tallinn Marathon broke records
SEB Tallinn Marathon held on September 12-13 in downtown Tallinn boasted
record participant numbers in marathon and half marathon distances as well
as Mesikäpp Kids Races and Nike Youth Run.
TALLINN, September 16, 2015 -- 19,549 recreational athletes in total took
part in this year's SEB Tallinn Marathon, among them 1,823 marathon
participants, 3,127 half marathon participants, 9,861 participants in the
ten-kilometer running and walking distance, 1,585 Nike Youth Run
participants, and 3,153 Mesikäpp Kids Race participants. As another record
set, recreational athletes from a total of 49 different countries took part
in the marathon.
The overwhelming winner of the marathon distance was Kiprop Tonui from
Kenya who completed the race distance triumphantly in 2:18:04. Second place
overall went to Sergei Cherepannikov who finished after Kiprop Tonui and
won the Estonian Championship title, accomplishing his own personal record
at 2:23:48. The fastest female runner in the marathon was Kaisa Kukk from
Estonia who won the Estonian Championship title with a personal record
2:52:40.
A Guinness record was returned to Estonia by Marti Medar who completed the
fastest marathon dribbling a basketball in 3:04:15. To set a new record,
one had to be faster than 3:11.26 achieved by American Jerry Knox – Medar
beat Knox's time by seven minutes.
Tiidrek Nurme from Estonia won the half marathon with 1:06:08. The fastest
female half marathon runner was Latvian Ilona Marhele who completed the
race in 1:18:35. The fastest woman from Estonia was Egle-Helene Ervin, a
young runner who set a personal record at 1:25:05, finishing as the female
runner-up.
First place in 10 kilometers went to Roman Fosti who ran the distance in
30:11, renewing his personal record by four seconds. Women's first place
went to Jekaterina Patjuk who ran 10 kilometers in a near-record time of
33:51.
SEB Tallinn Marathon brought together recreational athletes in a variety of
age groups. The youngest participants were two year-old runners in Mesikäpp
Kids Races, while contestants aged 80 and up took part in different
distances of the runfest. The most numerous body of corporate participants
in SEB Tallinn Marathon – 917 employees – came from the company Ericsson
Eesti AS.
The large-scale running event boasted a record number of participants from
abroad, hosting more than 2000 foreigners. Among others, visitors from
nations most far from Estonia included guests from the US, Brazil, Hong
Kong, Japan, and New-Zealand.
Next year's SEB Tallinn Marathon is scheduled to take place on September
11. Registration to SEB Tallinn Marathon 2016 is open at www.jooks.ee.
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