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Sports news: second weekend of September 2026

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Sports news: second weekend of September 2026

Last weekend gave a number of bright results at international road races, marathons and athletics tournaments. Read more about World Athletics Ultimate Championships, IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, how the road racing season began in Europe, and about competitions in Ukraine.

Budapest (Hungary) became the venue for the first-ever World Athletics Ultimate Championship, which the organizers see as an innovative platform for testing new competition formats, technologies and ways for athletes to interact with fans. The tournament was attended by 352 athletes from 65 countries, including Olympic champions, world champions, Diamond League winners and world record holders. Representatives of 18 countries won the titles of Ultimate Championship champions, including athletes from the USA, Norway, Japan, Great Britain, Ethiopia and Ukraine.

On September 12-13, the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship took place in Nice, France, which brought together the strongest triathletes in the world on the coast of the Côte d’Azur. The athletes covered the classic distance of 70.3: 1.9 km of swimming in the Mediterranean, 90 km of a difficult cycling stage along the Alps-Maritim mountain roads and 21.1 km of running along the famous Promenade des Anglais.  ahead of Norwegian Christian Blummenfelt. In the women’s tournament, American Taylor Knibb triumphed, who not only won her fourth world title at a distance of 70.3, but also set a new track record in Nice, finishing in 4:19:24.

One of the main events of the weekend was the British race Great North Run. Former marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei confidently won the women’s race with a result of 1:06:15, almost two minutes ahead of her closest rival. Among men, the victory was won by the representative of the United States, Zuhair Talbi, who covered the distance in 59:47.

In the men’s half marathon in Tallinn, Vincent Kiptoo won, who updated his personal best to 59:48. In the women’s race, Regina Wambui Ndungu triumphed with a result of 1:07:35. Kenyan athletes also became winners of the marathon in Tallinn, where the best were Vivian Čerotić (2:31:58) and Evans Kiprono (2:12:48).

In the Swedbank Vilnius Marathon,  the victory among women was won by Ukrainian athlete Khrystyna Bohomyakhkova, who covered the distance in 2:52:44. In the men’s race, Kenyan Laban Cheruiyot finished first with a result of 2:19:27.

In the half marathon in Porto , Kenyans Owen Korir, who showed 1:01:58, and Naomi Chepngeno, who finished in 1:10:35 and set a personal best, celebrated victories.

In the Oslo Marathon, new track records were set by Runa Skrové Falch (2:38:13) and Erik Lomos (2:21:42). At a distance of 10 km, Anna Mjoen Maridal (31:26) and Abdullahi Dahir Rabi (28:56) demonstrated fast results.

A high result in the discus throw was demonstrated by the European champion and winner of the Diamond League Kristian Cech. At the competition in Vilnius , the Slovenian sent the discus to 72.56 m, showing one of the best results of the season.

At the Palio Città della Quercia tournament  in Rovereto, Italy, five competition records were set. South Africa’s Bayanda Valaza won the 100-meter run in 9.91 seconds, Britain’s Yusuf Bizimana won the 800-meter run in 1:43.31, and Italy’s Nadia Battocletti was the best in the 1500-meter dash with a time of 3:59.49.

In Poland, Lukasz Wrubel won the 24H Pełną Parą Wolsztyn ultramarathon  among men, who covered 225.1 km in 24 hours. In the women’s competition, Marta Witke-Orlikowska was the best with a result of 214.8 km.

On September 13, Meest Run the World took place in Lviv. Lviv Ten 2026 is a large-scale running event that traditionally brought together professional athletes, amateurs and all supporters of an active lifestyle. In total, more than 1500 participants took part. The victory was won by the famous triathlete Vitaliy Vorontsov 30:25 and Victoria Dutkevych 36:03.

On the shores of the deepest lake in Ukraine, one of the largest triathlon starts in the country took place again – SVITIAZ IRON WAVE 70.3. In the men’s competition at a distance of 70.3, Oleksandr Khadyko won, who confidently held all three stages and finished with a result of 3:54:14.

The annual half marathon took place in Khmelnytskyi. The victory was won by Vadym Lonskyi 1:07:54 and Sofia Harmash 1:13:00.

On September 12, the KVASY TRAIL 2026 mountain race took place in the village of Kvasy in Transcarpathia, which brought together trail running enthusiasts among the picturesque Carpathian landscapes. Participants could choose one of two distances: “Majestic Petros” with a length of 35 km with an elevation gain of 1600 m and “See the Blyznytsia” with a length of 20 km with a climb of 800 m.

On September 13, the III Seaside Independence Half Marathon Odesa took place in Odesa, which brought together runners at distances of 21.1 km, 10 km, 5 km, relay and children’s starts. The route ran through the historical center of the city, covering iconic locations, including the Odesa Opera House, Primorsky Boulevard and the Black Sea coast. The victory was won by Boris Gilka with a result of 1:23:26.

Due to the deterioration of the security situation in the city of Kyiv, all mass events were canceled or put on standby.

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Ivan Kachkivskyi

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