Christoforos Merousis at the Rhodes International Marathon

The outstanding champion of the Marathon Christoforos Merousis

will brighten with its presence the International Marathon of Rhodes, which

will take place on 3 May 2020, for 7^η once on the beautiful island of the Dodecanese.

Merousis, who is four times Greek Marathon champion in the classic route, will be present for the first time at the Rhodes Marathon, invited by the Organizing Committee, which recognizes

his merit and his great personality.

For the presence of Christoforos Merousis in Rhodes, the President of the Organizing Committee, Marietta Papavassiliou, said: "We are particularly happy for the response of the leading Greek marathon runner, Christoforos Merousis to our call. His participation honours us greatly and enhances even more the racing profile of the race. I want to thank for their contribution, the Chief of ELAS, Michalis Karamalakis,

the Brigadier General, Vassilis Vrantzas, the Deputy Police Director of the A' Dodecanese, Themis Kalamata and of course, the Commander of the YFAA, Hercules Descoulides".

Registrations are still open for the events: Marathon, Half Marathon, 10 km race, 5 km race, on the race's website https://www.rhodesmarathon.gr/

Major sponsor of the Rhodes Marathon is the leading sports brand Under Armour and official sponsor, the iStorm, the only Apple Premium Reseller store chain in Greece!

The H Hotels Collection-Hatzilazarou Group is the Nominee Sponsor of the 5 km race and Volunteer Sponsor of the Rhodes International Marathon 2020.

The sponsor of air transport is Aegean and sponsor of maritime transport

η Blue Star. The Mitsis Grand Hotel is the hospitality sponsor of the race.

Co-organizers are the NGO MARATHONIOS RODOS, the Dodecanese SEGAS, the South Aegean Region and the Municipality of Rhodes-DOPAR, while the race is under the auspices of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) and supported by the Rhodes Hotel Association.

The International Marathon of Rhodes is held with the certification of the SEGAS and

of the International Road Marathon Federation AIMS, on an excellent coastal route that highlights in the best way the sights of the

of Rhodes.

For more information:

https://www.rhodesmarathon.gr/

https://www.facebook.com/roads2rhodes/

https://www.Instagram.com/roadstorhodes/

FROM THE PRESS OFFICE

OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON