Runners do not need to compete alone at the Nationale-Nederlanden Warsaw Marathon on September 29 thanks to an innovative team opportunity
The 46th edition of the Nationale-Nederlanden Warsaw Marathon on September 29 will involve an innovative TEAM UP! Europe project.
The TEAM UP! Europe project sees the Warsaw Marathon Foundation inviting amateur teams to contest the mass equivalent of professional team competition at the marathon in September with a prize pot of more than €100,000.
At the first edition of TEAM UP! Europe contest, the winners were TOP SPORT UKRAINE with a score of 3164 points.
Cornerstones of TEAM UP! Europe…
» Promotion of team work
» Easy to follow and exciting to watch
» Over €100,000 in the jackpot to reward performance
There is also a Wanda Panfil Trophy that will be ultimately owned by the national team to win the TEAM UP! Europe three times.
“For years, we have been looking for ways that will attract new runners, and at the same time enable the use of the key phenomenon in sport, which is the ‘team spirit’: the feeling of fighting and cooperation as a team,” says Marek Tronina, director of the Warsaw Marathon Foundation.
“We also want to increasingly highlight the outstanding potential of Warsaw – a modern, European city that cares about excellent conditions for sports and fitness. We want to show what world-class races can look like.”
Nationale-Nederlanden Warsaw Marathon 2023
TEAM UP! Europe 2024 format:
» A team: 2 scoring athletes (male+female – mandatory)
» Up to 2 designated athletes (optional)
» All athletes must be citizens of member states of European Athletics
» All athletes within a team must be of the same nationality
» One country can be represented by more than one team
The individual competition (guaranteed):
1st – 5,000 EUR
2nd – 3,750 EUR
3rd – 2,500 EUR
4th – 2,000 EUR
5th – 1,500 EUR
6th – 1,000 EUR
The team competition (guaranteed):
1st – 10,000 EUR
2nd – 7,500 EUR
3rd – 5,000 EUR
4th – 4,000 EUR
5th – 3,000 EUR
6th – 2,000 EUR
Since 2023 the competition has taken place on a fast route. The Nationale-Nederlanden Warsaw Marathon now features a loop that combines special visual attractions and a new, flat profile. From the point of view of the fastest athletes, as well as from the perspective of amateurs who want to experience an attractive adventure, Warsaw offers extremely friendly conditions this year.
Another novelty is the start and finish in the immediate city…
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