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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 564

Tel Aviv marathon

Participants in the 2025 Tel Aviv Marathon (Tel Aviv Marathon, Sport photography)
February 28, 2025, 11:43 pm
45,000 compete in Tel Aviv Marathon with symbolic yellow balloons
Felix Kimutai wins race as Kenya dominates podium; mayors says this year’s event held ‘with heavy hearts’ but also ‘looking ahead — to the triumph of the Israeli spirit’
By ToI Staff
Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 28, 2020 (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)
February 28, 2020, 9:25 am
Despite coronavirus fears, 40,000 runners hit Tel Aviv’s streets for marathon
Foreign athletes already in Israel allowed to compete after Health Ministry earlier said it was barring non-resident participants as Israeli officials work to keep out coronavirus
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 24, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 25, 2020, 11:46 pm
Tel Aviv to let foreign runners already in Israel compete in Friday’s marathon
Municipality had earlier said it was banning and reimbursing non-resident participants as Israeli officials work to keep out coronavirus
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 24, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 24, 2020, 12:09 am
Foreigners barred from Tel Aviv marathon amid coronavirus fears
Municipality says it is following Health Ministry instructions, will only permit the 40,000 local participants to run; athletes from abroad will be reimbursed
By ToI Staff
Beatie Deutsch in Jerusalem, May 7, 2019. (Michael Bachner/Times of Israel)
May 24, 2019, 9:58 am
Haredi mother of 5 marathon champion Beatie Deutsch is running for a cause
From ‘out-of-shape’ mom to international success with Olympic hopes, 29-year-old uses her unique trajectory to raise funds for new center for sick teens following a family tragedy
By Michael Bachner
Runners at the start of the Tel Aviv Marathon, February 22, 2019. (Tel Aviv Municipality/YouTube)
February 22, 2019, 11:28 am
40,000 runners take to the streets of Tel Aviv for annual marathon
Ethiopian runner Samuel Getachew Demi wins 26-mile race while Kenya’s Margaret Wangui Njuguna is first woman; record-breaking number of participants from abroad take part
By ToI Staff
Winner Israel's Lonah Chemtai Salpeter celebrates on the podium with her medal during the medal ceremony of the women's 10000m event during the European Athletics Championships in Berlin on August 9, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ)
August 10, 2018, 4:00 am
For Israel’s 1st European Athletics champ, it’s been a very long run to victory
Kenyan-born Lonah Chemtai Salpeter fought for years to gain Israeli citizenship; now she’s brought home the gold for her adopted country in the women’s 10,000-meters
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 24, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 24, 2017, 9:18 am
Record 40,000 runners at Tel Aviv marathon as city shuts down
Ethiopian runner Balata Mekonnen wins 42-kilometer race; hundreds of cops deployed along routes, medics standing by
By ToI Staff
Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv February 26, 2016. (Flash90)
February 24, 2017, 4:12 am
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem marathons revel in a ‘healthy competition’
The unique allures and drawbacks of Friday’s signature sporting event in TA embody the rivalry between Israel’s two major cities
By Hillel Kuttler
Lonah Chemtai, a runner from Kenya, received Israeli citizenship on March 17, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)
March 17, 2016, 7:39 pm
After legal battle, Kenyan runner gets Israeli citizenship
Lonah Chemtai, 27, who is married to her Israeli coach, may represent the Jewish state in the summer Olympics
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lonah Chemtai and her husband, Dan Salpeter (screen capture: Channel 10)
March 12, 2016, 10:44 am
Tel Aviv’s Kenyan-born marathon winner in race against time to run for Israel in Rio
Lonah Chemtai has an Israeli husband and child. Seeking to compete for her adopted country, she has been rebuffed for years. Now a TV report may cut the red tape
By ToI Staff
Participants in the annual Tel Aviv marathon, February 26, 2016 (Itamar Sharon)
February 26, 2016, 8:58 am
Tens of thousands run Tel Aviv marathon
Many of the city’s central streets closed off until the early afternoon as residents, visitors take part in annual event
By Itamar Sharon
Runners in the 2015 Tel Aviv marathon, February 27, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)
February 27, 2015, 1:11 pm
Tel Aviv marathon halted after 2 hospitalized
Organizers cut annual race short due to high temperatures; close to 90 runners treated by medics on site
By Itamar Sharon
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, a longtime runner, preparing for the 2014 Jerusalem marathon (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)
March 19, 2014, 3:05 pm
Jerusalem of go
As runners gear up for the capital’s 4th marathon Friday, a look at how running culture is transforming the city
By Jessica Steinberg and Rebecca McKinsey
The start of the Tel Aviv Marathon, 2012 (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
February 28, 2014, 12:15 pm
Kenyan Ezekiel Koech breaks TLV marathon record
28-year-old runs race in 2:14:40; despite comfortable weather, 65 participants need medical attention
By Lazar Berman
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