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Posted: January 4, 2006 Athletics: Dubai Marathon Postponed From David Monti © 2005 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved RaceResultsWeekly.com By Bob Ramsak Organizers of The Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon announced today that the race, scheduled for Friday morning, 06-January, has been postponed until further notice, due to the sudden death of Sheikh Makthoum bin Raschid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, and vice-president of the United Arab Republics (UAE). A 40-day period of mourning has been announced. In a press release, Race Director Peter Connerton said, “It’s a huge shock to everyone here, and it’s too soon to say what will happen, but we will try to reschedule the marathon for February, after the period of mourning." The al-Maktoum family is deeply involved in horse racing, and the world’s richest horse race, the Dubai Desert Classic has also been postponed. Comment on this story. |
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