Budapest, Oct. 13 -- Sunday's 40th Budapest Marathon set a new record with over 40,000 participants from 119 countries and regions, organizers announced.
"This year's event is the largest mass sports gathering ever held in Hungary," said chief organizer Arpad Kocsis.
Kocsis reported that 9,000 participants traveled from abroad, with 9,352 runners completing the official results list. "Budapest hastruly joined the ranks of Europe's running capitals," he added.
In the men's race, Hungarian runners claimed the top two positions as Mate Vasarhelyi won the title in two hours, 22 minutes and 17 seconds, followed by Bence Vitarius at 2:27:37. Poland's Jakub Galasiewicz finished third at 2:34:16.
In the women's event, Hungary's Viktoria Nyikos ...