{"id":209099,"date":"2019-11-12T09:48:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=209099"},"modified":"2019-11-12T09:48:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:48:59","slug":"marabana-2019-the-race-for-havanas-500-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/marabana-2019-the-race-for-havanas-500-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Marabana 2019: The race for Havana\u2019s 500 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rain commenced almost from the start of the 33rd edition of the Marabana race, a competition dedicated this year to the half-millennium of the Cuban capital and that registered a record of participants, with a total of 5,858 runners, of whom more than 1,300 were foreigners.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 6:30 in the morning the runners took off from the starting point and finish line located in the Parque Central, to cover the marathon distance of 42.125 kilometers, a distance that for the third time was dominated by the ladies: Santiago de Cuba\u2019s Yudileivis Castillo (2:43:05), followed by Liuris Martha Figueredo from Mayabeque (3:05:05) and the Italian Gabriele Toffoli (3:09:32).<\/span><\/p>\n

The males were dominated by the province of Granma: Alien Reyes reached the finish line with a time of 2:37:22, while Alexis Machado and Yoel Ricardo Hern\u00e1ndez seconded him with 2:42:50 and 2:45:00.<\/span><\/p>\n