Youth & Sports ministry in cooperation with Cairo Runners launches the 1st Cairo Marathon for 57357 Hospital.

The marathon took off at 6:00 AM starting from the Liberty Park in the center of the country, passing through the center of the country and the Nile Corniche and then returning again to the same point.

Five races included in the Marathon : the first was 42 k for professionals, the second was 21k and the third was 10 k for the amateurs, the fourth was a 2km family running and a Paralympic race.

Egyptian and International runners attended the Marathon in addition to a large number of different nationalities, public figures and a group of artists to support cancer patients. And part of the tickets money will be donated to 57357 Hospital.

It’s the first time to hold a Marathon in the center of the country to activate tourism and it is a sports event with humanitarian goals and high dimensions to support cancer patients, which makes it the first of its kind.