The 2025 Galaxy Entertainment Macao International Marathon will be held tomorrow with 12,000 participants from some 49 countries and regions.
The event – the 44th edition this year – is jointly organized by the Sports Bureau ID), Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG), and the General Association of Athletics of Macau (AGAM).
The marathon will set out from the Olympic Sports Centre Stadium at 6 am tomorrow (for the marathon and half-marathon categories) and at 6:15 am (for the mini-marathon category). The marathon and half-marathon courses will once again run along the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, pass by the World Heritage attraction A-Ma Temple and run along the Sai Van Bridge.
Among this year’s participants will be the 2023 and 2024 Macao International Marathon men’s champion Fikadu Debele from Ethiopia, the reigning women’s champion Alexandra Morozova from Russia, as well as athletes from Portuguese-speaking countries and regions including Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sri Lanka and Goa (India), according to ID.
Macau representatives Fong Ieng Wai and Chio Tong Tong will also be competing with other runners. Moreover, this year the Organizing Committee has once again invited Rosa Mota, Olympic gold medalist in women’s marathon from Portugal, to Macau to engage in exchange with local runners and encourage them in preparation for the race. For details on the event visit its official website.
Source and Photo: ID, Macao International Marathon
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