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Anastasiades sends Ukraine message of support at start of marathon

ΠτΔ – ΟΠΑΠ Μαραθώνιος Λεμεσού ΓΣΟ /

President Nicos Anastasiades sent an anti-war message as he kicked off the OPAP GSO International Marathon in Limassol on Saturday morning.

Some 11,000 people were registered to take part in the marathon, which aims to support people with blood cancer.

In his address at what organisers said was the largest athletics event in the island, Anastasiades thanked the organisers, participants and spectators.

“I would like to warmly congratulate the organisers, the OPAP Marathon GSC, all of you 11,000 people who are participating in a charitable effort to support the Karaiskakio and beyond, and wish everyone that the course of sport is the course of our lives.”

He added that “fair play is above wars, above what we are witnessing” in reference to the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops.

 

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