I-Red Sea Marathon izoqala ukuvela ngoJanuwari 2025

Abashisekeli abagijimayo basesimweni esimnandi ngesimemezelo sakamuva se-Red Sea Marathon yokuqala ngqa ngo-2025. Abebekhona esithangamini bekungu-Saudi Arabian Athletic Federation Habib bin Ali Al-Rabaan kanye nomqondisi ophethe we-Sports Hub u-Badr Al-Shibani. Usihlalo wekomiti lezobuchwepheshe kanye nekomiti elihlela uDkt Roberto Magaraggia naye ubekhona emcimbini wokumenyezelwa.

Mayelana ne-Red Sea Marathon

Ngokwe-SAAF, iRed Sea Marathon izoba seJeddah, ikakhulukazi ngoJanuwari 18, 2025, ngoMgqibelo. Abahleli banquma ngokuqondile isikhathi ngenxa yesimo sezulu esipholile eSaudi Arabia phakathi nenyanga kaJanuwari. Abagijimi bathola umuzwa wokugijima eduze kwe-corniche enhle kakhulu. I-corniche ihlanganisa imigwaqo yasogwini ebabazekayo, izindlela zokuhamba, amapaki, nezindawo zokungcebeleka ezahlukahlukene. Iziphathimandla zilindele ukuthi lo mcimbi uzoheha abagijimi bakuleli nabakwamanye amazwe abangu-10,000 ukuthi bajoyine lo mjaho. Bangakwazi ukubamba iqhaza emjahweni ogcwele wemarathon (amakhilomitha angu-42.2), i-half-marathon (amakhilomitha angu-21.1), amakhilomitha angu-10, noma amakhilomitha amane. Ochwepheshe nabagijimi abasafufusa bayakhuthazwa ukuthi babambe iqhaza emjahweni ogcwele wemarathon kanye nabagijimi abashisekayo kuhhafu-marathon. Khonamanjalo, ukugijima okungamakhilomitha angu-10 kungcono kakhulu kubantu abadala abaneminyaka engu-17 nangaphezulu, kanye nokugijima okungamakhilomitha angu-4 kwabaqalayo nezingane. I-SAAF inethemba lokumema abasubathi besilisa nabesifazane abaqavile kulo mkhakha emhlabeni jikelele ukuthi bangenele iRed Sea Marathon. Bazobamba iqhaza “enkambu yezicukuthwane” zomjaho.

Ukusebenza ne-Sports Hub

Ngaphezu kwalokho, abahleli bemicimbi bafisa ukuthi imarathon ibe umcimbi waminyaka yonke. Ukuze bahehe abagijimi minyaka yonke, bazobe benikeza abawinile umklomelo wemali okhangayo. “Sijabule ngokubamba iqhaza ekuletheni umcimbi onjena e-Jeddah,” kusho u-Al-Rabaan. Ngaphezu kwalokho uphawule ngokusebenzisana kwe-SAAF neSports Hub okuyinhlangano ehlela iRed Sea Marathon. “Ukubambisana kwethu ne-Sports Hub yakhelwe phezu kokuzibophezela okuhlanganyelwe ekuphakamiseni impilo kanye nenhlalakahle yabantu ngabanye futhi kuhlanganisa ukuzinikela kwethu ekwesekeni imiphakathi esisebenza kuyo,” washo kanjalo. “Kungase kube ngeyokuqala yalolu hlobo eJeddah, kodwa kuzoba ngomunye umjaho omkhulu phakathi kwemijaho yamazwe ngamazwe esunguliwe.”

Izinzuzo zemarathon

Abahleli balindele ukuthi iRed Sea Marathon yamukele izinkulungwane zabagijimi ohlelweni lwayo lokuqala ngqa lwe-Red Sea Marathon. Ngaphandle kwenani labavakashi elizokhiqizwa minyaka yonke, umjaho webanga elide uzophinde ugqugquzele imidlalo yeJeddah. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukugijima kuzophinde kukhuphule i-Jeddah nomnotho wezwe ngendlela encomekayo ngezindlela ezahlukene. I-Saudi Arabia izuza kuphela ekuxhasweni okwengeziwe kwabahlinzeki bezokuthutha, amahhotela, izindawo zokudlela, izitolo, nezinye izikhungo zentengiso. IJeddah iyikhaya lezinto ezikhangayo ezifana nesizinda samagugu omhlaba se-UNESCO, iSifunda saseJeddah esingokomlando , kanye neSizini saminyaka yonke seJeddah . I-Red Sea Marathon akusiyo i-marathon yokuqala esingethwe yiSaudi Arabia. Esikhathini esedlule, lo mbuso uphinde wabamba i-Riyadh Marathon, eyaqala ukugijima isigamu-marathon ngo-2018. Khonamanjalo, yaqala ukugijima ngokugcwele ngoMashi 2022. Abagijimi abangaphezu kwe-10,000 babambe iqhaza kulo mjaho oshiwo. Njengoba igama liphakamisa, i-marathon yenzeka edolobheni laseRiyadh. Iqala futhi iphelele eNyuvesi yase-King Saud bese ingena kwi-loop course. Isithombe nge-wayhomestudio ku-Freepik