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A total of 45,000 runners will participate in events connected to the 47th edition of the Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday morning. Thousands of others will gather along the full 42 kilometer route to view the marathon, which frequently ranks among the ten best in the world. Given that the marathon largely takes place within the city, traffic disruptions are expected.

Kenya’s Joshua Belet and Ethiopia’s Meseret Belete won the 47th edition of the Amsterdam Marathon on Sunday. The 25-year-old runner won with an official time of 2:04:18, above the course record of 2:03:39 set by Ethiopian athlete Tamirat Tola in 2021. In the women’s contest, Belete won the 42.195-kilometer race with a time of 2:18:21.

Belete clocks 2:18:21, Belet wins in 2:04:18

Zaandam and Amsterdam are this weekend the scene of one of the biggest sporting events in the Netherlands: the Dam tot Damloop. A total of around 70,000 runners, walkers, and cyclists will take part in the 37th edition. The program begins on Saturday morning with the Dam tot Dam Walking Tour. Participants start in front of the Palace on Dam Square and walk through the city center and the Jordaan district to Dam tot Dam Park in Zaandam. On Saturday evening, the nightly Damloop will take place wit...