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August 9th, 2025
A New Era in Sports Technology
Garmin, the leader in GPS and sports technology, acquired MyLaps, renowned for its sports timing and performance analysis systems.
Founded in 1982, the Netherlands-based company MyLaps has built a strong reputation with its automatic timing solutions across disciplines such as running, cycling, motorsports, car racing, and swimming. Its transponder-based system was first officially used in major road races at the 1994 Berlin Marathon, and has been available in Turkey since 2006 through Depar Timing.
With this strategic move, Garmin aims to deliver more integrated and innovative solutions to race organisers and athletes. By combining MyLaps’ technical expertise and global presence with Garmin’s advanced technologies, the company seeks to set a new benchmark in performance-driven training and race management.
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January 20th, 2025
Increase In Road Race Finishers
A detailed survey of finishers data from 603 road races in 44 countries revealed a 17.1% increase in finishers in the year 2024.
The survey, conducted by Race Results Weekly, covered 4,668,261 race finishers competing at distances from 5km to 86km with a 17.1% increase compared to the 3,985,473 finishers in 2023. While the growth was significantly higher climbing to 20,9% in the 190 half marathons surveyed, the biggest leap was achieved by the Lisbon Half Marathon where the finisher figures were up by 212,3 based on the increase of finishers from 4,230 to 13,210. Istanbul Half Marathon, from 2023 to 2024, saw an increase of 36,1%.
According to the survey, which can be reached at https://shorturl.at/xJKwq, races with over 30 thousand finishers increased from 13 to 16 in 2024. The largest race was once again the “City2Surf” 14km race with a record number of nearly 85 thousand entrants. The fun race staged in Sydney since 1971 saw 77,436 from 40 minutes to 5 hours last year.
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January 8th, 2025
Amendment To Adana Race Results
Results of the 15th Adana Liberation Half Marathon held on Sunday, 15 January is rearranged according to the event regulations.
Revised race results can be accessed at the “Past Events” section of our website.
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January 6th, 2025
London Back On Top Of The Rankings
After two years of hiatus, London Marathon returned to the first place in the World Athletics Marathon Performance Rankings.
Competition Performance Rankings of the year 2024 are finalised after the inclusion of the races held in the new year’s eve. London Marathon, the 18-time winner of the past 22 years, finished the year on the very top once again after becoming fifth and second in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Chicago Marathon, where Ruth Chepngetich delivered an incredible world record of 2:09:56, could rank only third behind Tokyo.
Marathons held in Türkiye were on the fall compared to 2023. Thanks to the Turkish all-comers record, Mersin Marathon ranked 49th while the extremely windy İstanbul Marathon had to settle for the 82nd place. Marathon İzmir was back in 111th.
The rankings of the road races in shorter distances than the marathon saw the Valencia Half Marathon in the lead. Istanbul finished outside the top twenty for the first time since 2020.
World Athletics Road Races Performance Rankings are based on the aggregate points of the fastest eight performances and the participation score of the competitors in a race. Top ten events in 2024 and the rankings of the Turkish races are as follows:
Marathons:
1. TCS London Marathon, 10950 points
2. Tokyo Marathon, 10912 points
3. Bank of America Chicago Marathon, 10495 points
4. Trinidad Alfonso Zurich Valencia Marathon, 10455 points
5. BMW Berlin Marathon, 10239 points
6. Haspa Hamburg Marathon, 10034 points
7. TCS Amsterdam Marathon, 10033 points
8. NN Marathon Rotterdam, 10025 points
9. Dubai Marathon, 9957 points
10. TCS New York Marathon, 9952 points
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49. Mersin Marathon, 9287 points
82. Türkiye İş Bankası İstanbul Marathon, 8992 points
111. Marathon İzmir, 8567 points
Other road running races:
1. Trinidad Alfonso Valencia Half Marathon, 10819 points
2. Valencia 10km, 10778 points
3. Adizero Road to Records 10km, 10749 points
4. Copenhagen Half Marathon, 10560 points
5. Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon, 10415 points
6. Trunsylvania 10km, 10042 points
7. Al Sharqiyah 5km, 10019 points
8. Facsa Castellon 10km, 10009 points
9. Edreams Barcelona Half Marathon, 9983 points
10. Asics Speed Paris 10km, 9906 points
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25. Türkiye İş Bankası İstanbul Half Marathon, 9613 points
334. İzmir 9 Eylül Half Marathon, 7368 points -
January 1st, 2025
New Year Wishes From Depar Timing
May you have a good start to the year 2025, live the life at your targeted pace, and finish the year as strong as you can.
