The Playtica Tel Aviv Marathon has started at this time, with the culmination of the project to break the world record, in the women's 10 km section. The one who is trying to meet the difficult challenge is the senior Israeli runner, Luna Chamtai Salpeter, who leads a list of 30 runners who are trying to push her To meet the challenge, which currently stands at 30:01 minutes and was set in Germany by Agnes Gebt.
Saltpeter, who ran among other things as part of the NN Running Team, which also includes the Olympic champion in marathon running, the Kenyan Eliod Kipchoga and other world-renowned runners, managed to finish the distance in 2019 in 30:05 minutes, a time faster than the world record , but this result was not determined as an official result because the organizers of the competition in Tiburg, Holland did not follow all the required regulations.
A team from the World Athletics Association arrived for the upcoming marathon to ensure compliance with all the required regulations.
For the upcoming marathon, teams from the Israeli and World Athletics Association were organized to ensure compliance with all the required regulations.
Salpeter and senior professional runners from Israel and the world, were launched at the giant starting gate of the marathon on Sderot Rokah.
The running route goes through Rokeh to Dizengoff, from Dizengoff to Sderot Ben Gurion, to Ibn Gvirol and back to the finish gate on Sderot Rokeh.
It is a flat and fast track, where dozens of cheering and viewing positions were set up along the track.
Playtica Tel Aviv 2023 marathon is being held this year for the 15th time in the heart of the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa on Friday.
The event, initiated by the Municipality of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, is held with the participation of over 40,000 runners and runners who take part in one of the six urban routes that pass through the city.
As part of the event, a number of different races were launched: a marathon (42.195 km), a half marathon (21 km), a 10 km race, a 5 km race and a hand bike race for the disabled, and already yesterday a mini marathon race was held for children (800 meters and -1.5 km).
In addition, the organizers of the marathon set this year the goal of being one of the greenest marathons in the world.
To achieve the goal, water will be collected at the drinking points along the route into tumblers that will be collected at the end and transferred to a composting facility in a way that will save 75% of the plastic bottles intended for use, and a "passing it on" project sponsored by the American airline "Delta" that encourages the participants to transfer clothing they do not need to those who need it To him, when the marathon team together with "Delta" undertake to wash them, fold them and deliver them to associations of those in need.
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