European champion Alisa Vainio to run the Berlin Marathon
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- European marathon champion Alisa Vainio will run the Berlin Marathon on September 27.
- She also plans to compete in the Valencia Marathon on December 6.
- Vainio won the European title in Birmingham in August with a championship-record time of 2:22:26.
Alisa Vainio will return to competition later this month, less than two months after winning the European marathon title.
Vainio announced on Instagram that she will compete in the Berlin Marathon on September 27. “It’s time to tie the laces again,” she wrote in the accompanying post.
Berlin is one of the major marathon races. Vainio also plans to run in Valencia on December 6, meaning she may not attend Finland’s Independence Day reception at the Presidential Palace.
The 28-year-old runner dominated the European Championships marathon in Birmingham in August, winning by almost five minutes. Her time of 2:22:26 set a new European Championship record.
It’s time to tie the laces again.
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Originally published by Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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