IX Ufa International Marathon took place in Ufa

The distances of the Ufa International Marathon 2023 for running and Nordic walking were 2 km, 5 km, 10 km, 21.1 km, 42.2 km, and children's starts (50-200 m). Participants rode 10 km on high-speed roller skates for the third year.

Each participant received a branded T-shirt and gifts from partners in the start package; at the finish line - an exclusive medal; the fastest participants received grants and prizes from partners. There were food and refreshment points on the route for all participants, more than 300 volunteers and more than 50 people on the road in the support group, and at the finish line at the Dynamo stadium, for the first time, a finisher’s bell from Yandex Maps worked for everyone who completed their distance.

The winners of the Ufa International Marathon at a distance of 42.2 km were Artem Zabaluev (2:31:16) and Ulyana Sharikova (02:57:16), at 21.1 km – Denis Valitov (01:07:10) and Elnara Valiullina (01:22:44).

The following people came to the start line to support the runners on this day: Prime Minister of the Republic’s Government Andrey Nazarov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Irek Sagitov, Minister of Family, Labor and Social Protection of the Population Lenara Ivanova, Minister of Entrepreneurship and Tourism Rustem Afzalov, Minister of Health Ayrat Rakhmatullin, General Director TC "Astrum" Alexander Fedorov, organizer of the Ufa Marathon, President of the Astrum Group of Companies Denis Nazarov, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Zarif Bayguskarov, Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Rima Batalova, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Charitable Foundation "Territory of Happiness" Karine Khabirova, President The BlagoDat Charitable Foundation Larisa Nazarova, Honored Master of Sports of the Russian Federation, Olympic fencing champion Adelina Zagidullina, theater and film actors Alexey and Igor Ogurtsov, Kirill Grebenshchikov, Alexander Seridenko, singer Nikita Malinin and others.

As part of the Ufa International Marathon for the seventh time on the fundraising platform “Do it!” The #RunHelp charity event is taking place: participants ran the distance comfortably and helped raise funds for children of Ufa charitable foundations.

Over the years of cooperation with the platform, more than 6 million rubles have been collected for Ufa non-profit organizations. Participants created 154 actions on the platform and have already collected more than 2.1 million rubles for Ufa funds - and the collections continue.