A scene from the Cebu Marathon 2025. | CDN file picture
CEBU CITY, Philippines— The organizers of the Cebu Marathon 2025 have introduced that finisher’s medals might be distributed to all members of the 42-kilometer full marathon and 25-kilometer classes, following widespread points throughout Sunday’s occasion.
The announcement, made through the Cebu Marathon’s official Fb web page on Wednesday, January 15, comes after a chaotic medal distribution course of on the end line left many members unable to say their medals.
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Annoyed runners took to social media to air their grievances, with some sharing movies of members and non-participants scrambling in disarray for the medals. The incident sparked criticism and disappointment among the many working neighborhood.
In its assertion, the Cebu Marathon organizing committee expressed remorse, describing the incident as an unprecedented prevalence within the occasion’s historical past.
“We sincerely apologize to the finishers of the 42K and 25K classes who didn’t obtain their finisher’s medal. That is the primary time that this has occurred since this occasion began in 2008,” the assertion learn.
Initially, the occasion set an eight-hour cut-off time for the 42K and 25K distances, with solely those that accomplished the race inside this era eligible to obtain medals. Nevertheless, in gentle of the mishap, organizers determined to award medals to all finishers, no matter their official instances.
Based on the Cebu Executives Runners Membership (CERC), which organizes the annual occasion, the Cebu Marathon 2025 drew a complete of 12,275 members, with 3,127 runners within the 42K class and 6,165 within the 25K.
Runners who have been unable to say their medals are suggested to electronic mail [email protected] to rearrange for his or her awards.
This yr’s setback has prompted calls by members for improved logistics and higher safeguards to make sure the graceful execution of future editions of one among Cebu’s most celebrated working occasions.
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