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The
Warsaw Marathon is an annual
marathon race, which takes place in
the heart of Poland's capital,
Warsaw. It's the oldest annual
marathon in Poland. It has been held
since September 30, 1979. In the
first edition the length of the
parcours was just 40.6 km, and not
the normal, classic distance of 42
km and 195 metres. The event usually
takes place in the last Sunday of
September. Entry fee in 2010 is €40
if paid well in advance. Although
the main attraction is the marathon,
since 2005 an ekiden marathon relay
is also organized the day before the
race.
On 9
April 2008 the President of Warsaw,
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, obtained
from the mayor of Stuttgart Wolfgang
Schuster a challenge award – a
commemorative plaque awarded to
Warsaw as the European capital of
Sport in 2008. The National Stadium,
a planned 56,000 seat football
(soccer) stadium, is currently under
construction on the site of Warsaw's
recently demolished 10th-Anniversary
Stadium. The national stadium is due
to host the opening match (a group
match), remaining 2 group matches, a
quarterfinal, and a semifinal of the
UEFA Euro hosted jointly by
Poland and Ukraine.
There are many sports centres in the
city as well. Most of these
facilities are swimming pools and
sports halls, many of them built by
the municipality in the past several
years. The main indoor venue is Hala
Torwar, used for all kinds of indoor
sports (mainly, indoor skating
rink). There is also open-air
skating rink (Stegny) and the horse
racetrack (Służewiec). The best of
the city's swimming centres is at
Wodny Park Warszawianka, 4 km south
of the centre at Merliniego Street,
where there's an Olympic-sized pool
as well as water slides and
children's areas.
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