Charity run’s fantastic finish
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In all, people of 203 nationalities signed up for the race; with an unprecedented number of registered participants – 130,732 across 34 official race locations, plus 20,556 confirmed Selfie Runners – as well as sponsors and other donors, raising 6.6 million euros for spinal cord injury research.
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Registration is now open for many locations of the next Wings for Life World Run on May 7, 2017 – and more than 1,500 people have already signed up! To register and for more information, visit www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com
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Locations
34 official locations across 33 countries
6 continents
12 time zones
Amount raised to support spinal cord research
6.6 million euros
Participants
130,732 registered participants
20,556 Selfie Runners
Distance
Men’s Global Champion Giorgio Calcaterra: 88.44km
Women’s Global Champion Kaori Yoshida: 65.71km
Combined distance of all participants worldwide: 1,255,000km
Temperature extremes at start
Hottest: Ahmedabad, India 42ºC
Coldest: Niagara Falls, Canada 5.6ºC
Runner support
Volunteers: 16,000
Bananas: 28 tons
Water: 140,000 litres
Catcher Cars
68 Catcher Cars worldwide