Africa-Press – Namibia. NAMIBIA has made it to the final four of the world’s largest mass-participation event, the Running World Cup for the second year in a row.
NAMIBIA has made it to the final four of the world’s largest mass-participation event, the Running World Cup for the second year in a row.
With more than 700 000 entries from all over the world in this year’s virtual running tournament and more than 3,4 million km already run, Namibia have once again made it through to this weekend’s finals, when they will compete against South Africa, Mongolia and Ukraine to see which country will be crowned 2022 Pro-Direct Running World Cup winner.
Last year Namibia finished second behind South Africa in the free-to-enter open-to-all tournament is designed for an environmentally friendly future.
Participants can run from their front doors tracking each kilometre they run, using a free companion app on a smartphone or their wearable tracker.
This means, unlike other major events, the Vitality Running World Cup ensures zero participant road and air miles.
Now in its fourth year, the 2022 tournament is taking place from 21 September to 10 October, while every participant who runs 3km in under 30 minutes, will be able to earn points for their country.
Each country has a county captain such as Usain Bolt for Jamaica, and Timothy Cheriyot for Kenya, while Gabriel Ikena (Instagram: @gabiikena) is Namibia’s 2022 country captain.
“I’m so happy to see fellow Namibians running for a common purpose,” he said.
Ukraine have rallied thousands of people to join the effort despite fighting a war and currently sit on top of the leaderboard but Namibia have surged up the leaderboard in recent days.
Running World Cup founder UK social entrepreneur Nick Beresford said: “The Running World Cup gives everyone – no matter their ability – a chance to run for their country and be a part of the world’s largest mass participation event without degrading the environment. I believe running together virtually, offers us a glimpse into the future of global sports tournaments. It is great to see Namibia making the final again, this is whole point of the tournament where smaller nations can compete with larger nations and in turn get more people running.”
With more than 700 000 entries from all over the world in this year’s virtual running tournament and more than 3,4 million km already run, Namibia have once again made it through to this weekend’s finals, when they will compete against South Africa, Mongolia and Ukraine to see which country will be crowned 2022 Pro-Direct Running World Cup winner.
Last year Namibia finished second behind South Africa in the free-to-enter open-to-all tournament is designed for an environmentally friendly future.
Participants can run from their front doors tracking each kilometre they run, using a free companion app on a smartphone or their wearable tracker.
This means, unlike other major events, the Vitality Running World Cup ensures zero participant road and air miles.
Now in its fourth year, the 2022 tournament is taking place from 21 September to 10 October, while every participant who runs 3km in under 30 minutes, will be able to earn points for their country.
Each country has a county captain such as Usain Bolt for Jamaica, and Timothy Cheriyot for Kenya, while Gabriel Ikena (Instagram: @gabiikena) is Namibia’s 2022 country captain.
“I’m so happy to see fellow Namibians running for a common purpose,” he said.
Ukraine have rallied thousands of people to join the effort despite fighting a war and currently sit on top of the leaderboard but Namibia have surged up the leaderboard in recent days.
Running World Cup founder UK social entrepreneur Nick Beresford said: “The Running World Cup gives everyone – no matter their ability – a chance to run for their country and be a part of the world’s largest mass participation event without degrading the environment. I believe running together virtually, offers us a glimpse into the future of global sports tournaments. It is great to see Namibia making the final again, this is whole point of the tournament where smaller nations can compete with larger nations and in turn get more people running.”
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