The Moscow Marathon started in the capital on September 20.

The Moscow Marathon 2025 started in the capital on September 20, with participants completing an updated 10 km and 42.2 km route through the central streets of the capital. Footage of the race is published by Izvestia.

"This is a unique day for our team: for the first time in the history of the marathon movement in Russia, we are celebrating a record number of participants. The Moscow Marathon <...> is not just a running event, it is a gigantic urban project involving more than 50,000 people," said Dmitry Tarasov, director of the Moscow Marathon.

According to him, a 10 km race is taking place in Moscow on September 20. Tarasov noted that Russian champions and foreign athletes will join the marathon.

The race takes place along the central streets of the city, including the embankments of the Moskva River, Sadovoye and Bulvarnoe rings, the Crimean Bridge, Tverskaya Street and Teatralny Passage. Participants of the marathon can see the most famous sights of the city: Stalin's skyscrapers, the Bolshoi Theater, the FSB building, the Kremlin and the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

The Moscow Marathon has become part of the BRICS Marathon League, which unites Russia's largest marathons. In the future, the league will include races from Brazil, India, China and South Africa0. In 2025, the marathon distances are certified by the International Marathon and Running Association (AIMS).

A sports exhibition has been prepared for fans from September 18 to 20. During the start of the marathon, on September 20 and 21, the audience will be able to support the participants, purchase fan paraphernalia, and make posters to support the athletes.

The main start of the 42.2 km marathon and relay race will take place on September 21 at 9:00 Moscow time.

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The All-Russian sports event with distances from 1 to 12 km will be held simultaneously in all regions of Russia.

The Voronovskoye settlement in southern Moscow hosted the Voronovo Ural Logistics Cup international athletics tournament on July 26. The competition was held in the format of a one-mile street race and a 10-km athletic walk. Foreign representatives from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tunisia, Romania, Spain, Uganda, Morocco, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan also took part in the competition. The competitions were held with the participation of international judges.

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