{"id":425403,"date":"2011-05-17T07:45:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T07:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/17\/rwanda-kigali-marathon-to-attract-2500\/"},"modified":"2011-05-17T07:45:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T07:45:14","slug":"rwanda-kigali-marathon-to-attract-2500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/17\/rwanda-kigali-marathon-to-attract-2500\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda: Kigali Marathon to Attract 2500"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"29.891638796\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/newtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ostine Arinaitwe<\/p>\n<p>17 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Over 2500 athletes are expected to grace this year&#8217;s Kigali International marathon at Amahoro Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The 7th edition slated for Sunday, is expected to be very competitive according to the national athletics federation (RAF) Secretary General Constantine Twajamahoro.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We expect a more competitive race this year because the number has more than doubled,&#8221; the official anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a Rwf44m sponsorship package from the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, the marathon organisers are still Rwf16m short of the initial budget.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to last year, the full marathon and half marathon winners will pocket $2500 (Rwf1.5m) respectively while the tenth athlete in each category will settle for $200 (Rwf120, 000).<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Rashid Safari emerged as Rwanda&#8217;s best athlete after clocking 2 hours, 32 minutes and 45 seconds to finish 9th.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Limo of Kenya claimed the marathon in 2:19:44.<\/p>\n<p>The marathon is divided into five categories; full marathon (42km), half marathon (21km), 10.54km marathon team relays, 5km course for children and 5km run for fun race.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full Marathon &#8211; 42 km<\/p>\n<p>Half Marathon &#8211; 21Km<\/p>\n<p>Team relay &#8211; 4*10.5km<\/p>\n<p>5km race for fun (Adults)<\/p>\n<p>5km course for children<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105170260.html\" title=\"Rwanda: Kigali Marathon to Attract 2500\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rwanda: Kigali Marathon to Attract 2500<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ostine Arinaitwe 17 May 2011 Over 2500 athletes are expected to grace this year&#8217;s Kigali International marathon at Amahoro Stadium. The 7th edition slated for Sunday, is expected to be very competitive according to the national athletics federation (RAF) Secretary General Constantine Twajamahoro. &#8220;We expect a more competitive race this year because the number has more than doubled,&#8221; the official anticipated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-425403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rwanda: Kigali Marathon to Attract 2500 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/17\/rwanda-kigali-marathon-to-attract-2500\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rwanda: Kigali Marathon to Attract 2500 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Ostine Arinaitwe 17 May 2011 Over 2500 athletes are expected to grace this year&#039;s Kigali International marathon at Amahoro Stadium. 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