Over 400 foreign runners confirmed for the main Cuban marathon

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 8 (ACN) Carlos Gattorno, director of the National Commission of Races and Walks (CNCC by its Spanish acronym) Marabana/Maracuba, said today in Havana that 490 foreign runners have already confirmed their presence in Cuba's main marathon, to be held on November 20.

Gattorno said that out of that number, 453 will travel specifically to Havana to take the start of the event and the rest are temporary or permanent residents in the Caribbean nation.

In recent statements to the Cuban News Agency, the director explained that among these foreign runners, the most outstanding ones are representatives from the United States, France, Switzerland, Spain and Colombia.

As for the distances with the largest number of runners, the 10-kilometer (km) race stands out with 1,193 runners, followed by the half marathon of 21 km and 097 meters (m) with 325 runners, while 121 runners will participate in the 42 km and 195 m race.

Javier Noriega Guzman, a World Athletics and World Association of Marathons and Distance Races category A surveyor, will start today, together with Cuban specialists, the evaluation of the new Marabana circuit.