After an amazing race Costas Gelaouzos who won the Athens Classic Marathon.
Making the right distribution of forces, he chased until the end the record of the Authentic route (2:17:56 by Nikos Polias since 2004) and he succeeded as he finished in a time of 2:16:49!
The athlete broke it by one minute and 7 seconds, writing history with his appearance.
The winner of the Athens Classic Marathon, Costas Gelaouzos, dedicated his achievement to the people who supported him throughout the journey.
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In addition, he referred to his friend and fellow athlete, Panagiotis Karaiskos, who could not attend the 38th Classic route, as four days ago, he was found positive to coronavirus: “I owed it to the people and I thank them all. Both along the way and in Kallimarmaro, they really motivated me to do what I did”.
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