“Perm Runner Sets New Record to Win Moscow Half Marathon”

Perm runner wins Moscow half marathon with record result

The winners of the races were Vladimir Nikitin and Anna Vikulova, both won in record time. Two-time winner of the Moscow Marathon Iskander Yadgarov finished fourth

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Multiple champion and record holder of Russia in middle and long distance running Vladimir Nikitin, representing Perm, became the winner of the Moscow Half Marathon (21.1 km), setting a new competition record – 1 hour 2 minutes 46 seconds.

The second and third places were taken by Moscow runners Dmitry Nedelin (1:04.11) and Alexei Reunkov (1:04.42). Two-time winner of the Moscow Marathon Iskander Yadgarov, like a year ago, became fourth (01:05.04).

The previous record belonged to Rinas Akhmadeev, who ran the distance in 2018 in 1 hour 3 minutes 19 seconds.

Anna Vikulova, an athlete from Novosibirsk, won the women’s race with a competition record – 1:09.47. Silver went to Muscovite Svetlana Simakova (1:12.41), bronze went to Dina Alexandrova from Kursk (1:12.56).

The half-marathon was held along the Luzhnetskaya, Frunzenskaya, Prechistenskaya, Kremlin, Kotelnicheskaya and Krasnokholmskaya embankments of the capital.