26 December 2011
Luanda — The Brazilian runners Diomar de Souza and Barbara de Oliveira are due to arrive on Thursday December 29 in Luanda for the 56th edition of the year-end race called São Silvestre.
The Brazilian will be the first delegation to arrive in Luanda and on the same day will arrive also the runners of Portugal, Egypt, Macau and Palestine, said the chairperson of the Angolan federation, Carlos Rosa.
The event will have the participation of the 2010 winners Haile Gebrselassie and Dire Tune whose arrival date was not disclosed.
The delegations of Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Burundi, Morocco, Bahrain, DRC, Slovenia, United Arab Emirates and Mozambique.
The winners will be awarded with USD 15,000.
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