TIRANA, April 10/ATA/ Although a rainy day, the Balkan half- marathon was held in Tirana today, where Albania is the organizer of the event for the second time.
Attending the half-marathon were 44 competitors from 22 different member states authorized by the Balkan Athletics Federation: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Kosovo, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, San Marino, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.
The race was held at the area of the Grand Park of Tirana and the professional runners did not stop even because there was heavy rain. In the women’s category, Luiza Gega of Albania was the winner, while in the men’s category the winner was Dario Ivanovsi from North Macedonia.
The Balkan Half-Marathon is an annual event organized in different parts of the world./p.s./
