In the Crete Half Marathon next Sunday, they will claim the first places: Mateusz Kaczor The 26-year-old Pole with 28 national medals in his country and an individual Half Marathon record of 1:03:27 a few months ago.
Gaspar CSERE The 32-year-old Hungarian marathon runner has participated in the Rio Olympics, is a seven-time Hungarian champion and his personal records are 02:14:34 in the Marathon and 01:03:39 in the Half Marathon.
The Cretan Yiannis Zervakis, twice winner of the Crete Half Marathon with a personal record of 1.07.52, an athlete who knows very well the particularities of the course.
Giorgos Minos, Olympiakos athlete with an individual record in the Half Marathon 1:07:59 and three times first Greek athlete in the Crete Half Marathon, also an athlete who knows the route very well.
Giorgos Tofi, member of the Cyprus national team, with an individual record in the Half Marathon 1:10.48 (2023 Cypriot champion).
Iasonas Ioannidis from Thessaloniki with an individual record in the Half Marathon 1.10.54.
Ioannis Krekas from Thessaloniki with individual records 2.31.08 marathon and 1.11.18 half marathon.
Christoforos Protopapas Best performance in Cyprus in the last 22 years in the marathon road with a time of 2:28:36 Individual records 15:15 5km, 33:12 in 10km, 1:13:01 in the Half Marathon.
George Charakis, the 34-year-old Cypriot champion with a time in the marathon of 2.33.12 and an individual record in the Half Marathon of 1:13:57.
Chaniotis now (originally from Sparta) lawyer Stavros Zaganas, although he is injured, he will try to be at the start again, he has an individual marathon record of 2:29:39 and a Half Marathon record of 1:14:18.
Among the women’s entries in the Half Marathon, the following stand out:
Lysanne Wilkens The Dutch champion with a personal record of 1:13:57 that she achieved last February in the Barcelona Half Marathon and two months later won the Utrecht Half Marathon. Lysanne also has a personal record of 33.55 in the 10km. She aims to break the course record (1:20:32) held by Eleftheria Petroulaki since 2018.
Konstantinopoulou Vasiliki the 27-year-old Greek champion, winner of the Athens Marathon and the Crete Half Marathon in 2022 with an individual record in the marathon 2.43.09 and in the Half Marathon 1.18.28.
Rania Rebouli three times winner of the Athens Marathon. He represented Greece at the Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016 and holds the Pan-Hellenic Road Half Marathon record of 1.11.52 at the Pan-European Championships in Amsterdam in 2016.
Florou Efi from Volos, Balkan runner first place 5 km 2018 juniors with an individual record in the Half Marathon 1:21:13.
In the 5 km race
Andreas Misara, although born in Kenya, came to Cyprus at the age of 6. He holds the fourth best time of all time in the 800 meters with 1:48, while this year he ran 3:49 in the 1,500 meters, which is the top performance in Cyprus in the last five years. At 5km this year he ran 14:50 at the international Cannes Marathon. He has been crowned world champion in both the 800 and 1500m.
Kallimoyannis Vasiliki The 19-year-old champion who holds the pan-Hellenic U18 record in the 3,000 steeplechase and has won third place at the European U20 Championships in Jerusalem. Vasiliki has a personal record of 17:05 in the 5km.
Zozan Timur The 24-year-old Cypriot athlete with individual records of 17:50 at 5,000 meters and 37.50 at 10,000 meters.
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