Filipinos to Berlin Marathon Gets Boost from PH Embassy in Germany

Filipino runners from different parts of the world join Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega (second row, standing, fifth from right) for a pre-marathon photo at the Philippine Embassy in Berlin. (Berlin PE photo)

BERLIN 11 October 2019 — Filipino participants of the 2019 Berlin Marathon got not only a morale but also a carbo boost from the Philippine Embassy in Berlin on 28 September 2019.

Over 50 Filipino runners from the Philippines, the US, and the Middle East enjoyed a carbohydrate-rich Filipino dinner at the Embassy with old friends and new acquaintances.

Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-de Vega welcomed the runners to the Embassy, and was out on the streets of Berlin on marathon day itself on 29 September 2019 to show her support.

The dinner, the second such event organized by the Embassy, was part of its Sports Diplomacy and Martial Arts Day celebration, which included an arnis demonstration by the Deutscher Arnis Verband e.V on Breitscheidplatz, along Berlin’s famed Kurfürstendamm Avenue. 

The Berlin Marathon is one of the world’s elite marathon races held annually in the German capital since 1974. The current world record time for a marathon was established in the 2018 Berlin Marathon and remains unsurpassed. This year’s marathon and its side events attracted over 62,000 people from 150 countries, including the Philippines. END

Filipino runners congregated at the Embassy in Berlin to take part in a carbo-loading night hosted by the Embassy led by Ambassador to Germany Ma. Theresa Dizon-De Vega. (Berlin PE photo)

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