Today, the “Baku Marathon 2025” was held at the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.

Offsideplus.az reports that up to 28,000 participants have registered for the marathon organized under the slogan “Conquer the Wind”.

The “Baku Marathon”, which has been held since 2016, covers a distance of 21 km. The start and finish points of the marathon were the National Flag Square.

WINNERS

Men:

1. Atac Sezgin (Turkey)

2. Vitaly Shafar (Ukraine)

3. Murat Emekdar (Turkey)

Women:

1. Natalya Semenovich (Ukraine)

2. Anna Yusupova (Azerbaijan)

3. Eriko Soma (Japan)

The first place winners were awarded 3,000 manats, the second place winners were awarded 2,000 manats, and the third place winners were awarded 1,000 manats. The first 2,000 participants to cross the finish line were also awarded with Baku Marathon 2025 medals.