A FEW YEARS AGO, A GROUP OF ATHLETICS LOVERS DECIDED THAT BUENOS AIRES SHOULD HAVE ITS MARATHON. THE INITIAL IDEA WAS TO INSTITUTE AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITION, WHICH WOULD SERVE AS AN EXCUSE FOR THE ATHLETES OF THE WORLD TO DISCOVER AND ENJOY THE BEAUTIES OF THE CITY. & NBSP;
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THUS, SINCE 2003, THE ÑANDÚ FOUNDATION, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND A LARGE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEER COLLABORATORS, IS IN CHARGE OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, WHICH YEAR AFTER YEAR HAS SHOWN SURPRISING GROWTH, WHICH LED IT TO BE COMPARED TO COMPETITIONS OF THE DIMENSIONS OF ITS PARIS OR BOSTON COUNTERPART, AND EVEN THAT OF SAINT PAUL, CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT IN SOUTH AMERICA. & NBSP;
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BEING A COMPETITION THAT AIMS TO LIVE A SPORTS CELEBRATION IN WHICH ANYONE CAN PARTICIPATE, EACH EDITION WAS ADDING NEW FOLLOWERS OF DIFFERENT AGES AND FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. & NBSP;
IN 2003, WHEN THE ARGENTINE OSCAR CORTÍNEZ WAS DECLARED THE WINNER, 900 ATHLETES PARTICIPATED NATIONAL & NBSP;
AND INTERNATIONAL. & NBSP;
IN 2004, THE YEAR IN WHICH THE VICTORIA CORTÍNEZ, 1,700 RUNNERS COMPETED. & NBSP;
IN 2005, WHICH HAD THE FIRST CONSECRATION OF THE BRAZILIAN GEOVANE JESÚS SANTOS, SHOWED THE PRESENCE OF 2,700 MARATHONERS, WHILE IN THE LAST EDITION, IN WHICH SANTOS WON AGAIN, 3,500 ATHLETES FROM MORE THAN 22 COUNTRIES RAN. & NBSP;
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FOR THE SEVENTH EDITION, WHICH IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4 FROM 7:30 AM, IT IS PROJECTED TO HAVE THE PRESENCE OF MORE THAN 5,000 COMPETITORS. COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS, A GREATER NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ELITE ATHLETES ARE EXPECTED, THE ROUTE WILL BE MODIFIED –ALWAYS MAINTAINING THE PATTERN OF TOURIST INTEREST– TO COVER THE CITY FROM 42 KM FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.