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January 8th, 2025
Amendment To Adana Race Results
Results of the 15th Adana Liberation Half Marathon held on Sunday, 15 January is rearranged according to the event regulations.
Revised race results can be accessed at the “Past Events” section of our website.
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January 6th, 2025
London Back On Top Of The Rankings
After two years of hiatus, London Marathon returned to the first place in the World Athletics Marathon Performance Rankings.
Competition Performance Rankings of the year 2024 are finalised after the inclusion of the races held in the new year’s eve. London Marathon, the 18-time winner of the past 22 years, finished the year on the very top once again after becoming fifth and second in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Chicago Marathon, where Ruth Chepngetich delivered an incredible world record of 2:09:56, could rank only third behind Tokyo.
Marathons held in Türkiye were on the fall compared to 2023. Thanks to the Turkish all-comers record, Mersin Marathon ranked 49th while the extremely windy İstanbul Marathon had to settle for the 82nd place. Marathon İzmir was back in 111th.
The rankings of the road races in shorter distances than the marathon saw the Valencia Half Marathon in the lead. Istanbul finished outside the top twenty for the first time since 2020.
World Athletics Road Races Performance Rankings are based on the aggregate points of the fastest eight performances and the participation score of the competitors in a race. Top ten events in 2024 and the rankings of the Turkish races are as follows:
Marathons:
1. TCS London Marathon, 10950 points
2. Tokyo Marathon, 10912 points
3. Bank of America Chicago Marathon, 10495 points
4. Trinidad Alfonso Zurich Valencia Marathon, 10455 points
5. BMW Berlin Marathon, 10239 points
6. Haspa Hamburg Marathon, 10034 points
7. TCS Amsterdam Marathon, 10033 points
8. NN Marathon Rotterdam, 10025 points
9. Dubai Marathon, 9957 points
10. TCS New York Marathon, 9952 points
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49. Mersin Marathon, 9287 points
82. Türkiye İş Bankası İstanbul Marathon, 8992 points
111. Marathon İzmir, 8567 points
Other road running races:
1. Trinidad Alfonso Valencia Half Marathon, 10819 points
2. Valencia 10km, 10778 points
3. Adizero Road to Records 10km, 10749 points
4. Copenhagen Half Marathon, 10560 points
5. Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, 10415 points
6. Trunsylvania 10km, 10042 points
7. Al Sharqiyah 5km, 10019 points
8. Facsa Castellon 10km, 10009 points
9. Edreams Barcelona Half Marathon, 9983 points
10. Asics Speed Paris 10km, 9906 points
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25. Türkiye İş Bankası İstanbul Half Marathon, 9613 points
334. İzmir 9 Eylül Half Marathon, 7368 points -
January 1st, 2025
New Year Wishes From Depar Timing
May you have a good start to the year 2025, live the life at your targeted pace, and finish the year as strong as you can.
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December 24th, 2024
Last Chances For the First Race
Road runners will begin the year 2025 on 5 January at the Adana Liberation Half Marathon. Entries are open until 29 December.
Organised since 2011, Adana Liberation Half Marathon will again be the first event to host the road runners in the new year. The event, set to celebrate its 15th edition, includes a 10km race as well as a public run. The registration page and detailed information on the event are available on http://adanakurtulusmaratonu.adana.bel.tr. Entries will close on Sunday evening, 29th of December.
The winners of the 15th Adana Liberation Half Marathon will collect 70 thousand Turkish Liras while the 10km winners pocket 18 thousand TL each. There is also a prize purse for the master runners from 35 years of age up to over 80. Timing services in the races will be provided by Depar Timing.
The half marathon was dominated by the African athletes in the past 14 editions. Kenyan men won the race eight times while Turkish athletes earned the honours in three editions, followed by two wins of Moroccans and one time by Ethiopia. On the women’s side, Kenya bagged seven titles, with Turkiye three, Ethiopia two, Morocco and Bahrein one each. Men’s race record is held by Kenya’s Barselius Kipyego with 1:00:46 that is standing from 2016, and the women’s record was set by his compatriot Diana Kipyokei in 2018 with a time of 1:08:42.
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September 17th, 2024
Depar Timing Hits the Roads
Offering its services not only in Türkiye but also abroad, Depar will measure three events in Romania and Croatia in one month.
The organisers of the Brasov Running Festival, who have been utilising the services of Depar Timing since the inauguration of the event, entrusted Depar Timing once again with timing their events on 21-22 September 2024. The first day in Brasov will start with the kids and youth age groups in 800m, 1200m and 3km, followed by the World Athletics Label Europen-only Road Mile. Sunday will see the recreational runners racing over a 5km distance. The Festival will end with the World Athletics Elite Label Trunsylvania 10km, the flagship of the event. Depar Timing will be facilitating the time measurement in all races as well as providing the TV graphics. Detailed information on the Brasov Running Festival is available at www.brasovrun.ro.
The multinational Depar Timing team will move to Croatia a week later. Timing services at the Losinj Half Marathon, the most significant sporting event of the Losinj Island that sits on a 75 thousand square kilometres area, will be provided by Depar Timing. The event incorporate a 10km race as well as a 5km public run. The website of the Losinj Half Marathon at http://ak-losinj.hr/half-marathon-losinj displays further information on the races.
Zagreb Marathon, to be held on 13 October, is the next stop for Depar Timing. Depar timers will face a busy work schedule in the Croatian capital. While the Marathon celebrates its 32nd edition, a half marathon, a 10km, and a 4x10km relay race will be timed on the day. Full information on the event can be reached at www.zagreb-marathon.com/en.
Having served in nine countries on three continents since 2006, Depar Timing proved a reliable partner to the Romanian and Croatian organisers. The results from previous years can be checked at the “Past events” section on this website.
