Poland’s Wojciech Kopec and Cecilia Backman from Finland were the winners of the 8th International Limassol GSO marathon on Sunday, with a record 7,000 runners taking part in the event.

Kopec won the IAAF and AIMS-approved race with a time of 2:17:27, followed by Tamás Nagy from Hungary (2:23:56) and local entry Jebel Ahmet Kazahoum (2:38:26). 

The women’s winner Backman clocked a time of 3:21:01, followed by local entry Pola Hadjipapa (3:39:30) and Imogen Hawley from the United States (3:42:25).
All times will be posted on the official website www.limassolmarathon.com .
The top three results per category are:
Helector Half Marathon (men) – Miereczko Maciek (Poland), Tutukin Ivan (Russia) and Polyanskiy Dmitry (Russia).
Helector Half Marathon (women) – Duncan Nicola (United Kingdom), Szabo Tunde (Romania) and Menzies Issy (U.K.).
Primetel 10km Health Run (men) – Meshcheryakov Valentin (Russia), Moiseenko Andrey (Russia) and Ilya Prasolov (Russia).
Primetel 10km Health Run (women) – Protasenya Anastasia (Cyprus), Chapoupi Yiota (Cyprus) and Andreou Ioulia (Cyprus).
Eventpro 5km Fun Run (men) – Tsionis Anestis (Cyprus), Lambrou Nikolas (Cyprus) and Patskan Ivan (Cyprus).
Eventpro 5km Fun Run (women) – Buller Anja (Cyprus), Modestou Nayia (Cyprus) and Denic Ivana (Cyprus).
FBME Bank 5km Corporate Run – Chrysses Demetriades & Co. LLC, Thegreenparking.Com and Omnitouch Cyprus Ltd.
Biggest team participation in the FBME Corporate Run: Guaba Beach Bar (200 runners).