Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 30
By Elchin Mehdiyev – Trend:
The Baku Marathon is a very important event for Azerbaijani people, Head of Azerbaijan’s State Security Service Lieutenant-General Madat Guliyev told Trend in Baku Apr. 30.
The Baku Marathon 2017, organized at the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, is being held today.
“This event is very important for our people. The Baku Marathon encourages people, including young people, to move to a healthy lifestyle,” he noted.
The course of the marathon covers a distance of 21 kilometers from its start point at the National Flag Square to the finish line at the Baku Olympic Stadium.
The marathon started at 10:00 (GMT +4). A maximum of 4.5 hours will be given to the marathon runners to overcome the distance of 21 kilometers.
There will be five bus stops along the marathon route: in front of Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, by the Boulevard Hotel Baku, near the Heydar Aliyev Center, by the Koroglu Metro Station and on the Boyuk Shor Park-Boulevard.
Madat Guliyev: Baku Marathon – very important event for Azerbaijani people
The Baku Marathon is a very important event for Azerbaijani people
