Rock City Marathon entries surpass 2,500
More than 2,500 local and international athletes have confirmed to compete in the sixth edition of Rock City half marathon expected to be staged in Mwanza on Sunday. Mathew Kasonta, event coordinator from Capital-Plus International (CPI), confirmed the statistics after arriving in Mwanza city yesterday to finalise preparations of the event which is expected to start and finish at CCM Kirumba Stadium. He said apart from attracting prominent government officials within Lake Zone, many upcoming athletes and those who have been in the game for some time have registered for this year’s event, mentioning that the runners are from Tanzania and other countries including Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), India, Canada and United States. Kasonta is optimistic that the number of participants will increase based on the past experience where many participants do register at eleventh hour. ‘We expect the number of athletes to