MINSK, 16 June (BelTA) – The Dream Team will hold its first training session ahead of the Minsk Half Marathon on 17 June, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Athletics Federation.
The practice will start at 19.00 on the training field of the Dinamo National Olympic Stadium. The practice will be led by Katsiaryna Karneyenka, silver medalist of the European Cross Country Championships in the 4x1.5 km mixed relay and many-time champion of Belarus in the 1500m, 3000m and 5000m, as well as Volha Nemahai, the silver and bronze medalist of the continental forums in the 4x1.5 km cross country mixed relay and national champion in the 800m and 1500m events.
The Dream Team includes many media people, representatives of show business, partners of the Belarusian Athletics Federation.
“Participants start actively registering in August-September. It is great that people were not afraid that the event might get postponed or canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic and continued applying. Foreign participants have also been registering. The borders will soon open up, so we are waiting for an inflow of people,” representatives of the Belarusian Athletics Federation said.
The Minsk Half Marathon with its 5.5km, 10.55km and 21.097km races will take place on 13 September. Applications can be submitted on the website of the Minsk Half Marathon. Online registration is open through 12 September or until the maximum number of participants is reached.
The motto of the Minsk Half Marathon 2020 is Let's Run Together! It is planned that 42,000 people will take part in the races.
In 2019 the Minsk Half Marathon was held for the fifth time. It featured 40,000 people from 68 countries. Nina Savina of Belarus won the 21.1km race of the Minsk Half Marathon 2019. The men's event was won by Eritrea's Afewerki Berhane. The Minsk Half Marathon has been assigned the IAAF Silver Label. The prize pot of the competitions made up $60,000.
