Christopher Jurado leads the Panama Marathon

It took the Panamanian 2 hours, 31 minutes and 03 seconds to cross the finish line Christopher Jurado won the 47th edition Panama International Marathon held yesterday between Coastal belt – Amador – Panama Viejo and culminated in Miramar.

Jury, a native of the province Chiriqui, He said the first half was very challenging but he used his strength on the hills to lead to the finish.

“This victory is dedicated Panama, We are going through a very complicated moment and we will get out of this,” said the athlete, referring to the current crisis resulting from the new mining contract.

“I have been training hard to achieve this goal and to close 2023 in good shape,” said Jurado, who has his best marathon record of 2:19.07 set last year in Seville, Spain.

After the jury in the men’s branch, Colombian Fidel Quintero, the Costa Rican Jason Villalobos 2:31:09 and also Panamanian Edwin Rodríguez.

For women, she was the best at 42 kilometers Vianey Castañeda 03:28:39.

While at 21 kilometers the absolute winner was a two-time Olympian Jorge Enrique Castleblanco who recorded 1 hour 11 minutes and 50 seconds.

After Castelblanco he arrived Eduar Villalta and Daniel González

In the women’s category, the half marathon was won by a Colombian woman Alexander Aldan with a time of 1:23:46.

In this edition of the Panama International Marathon, runners from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Chile, Argentina, Spain, United States, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Argentinaamong others.