Half marathon held in Libya's Tripoli

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Half marathon held in Libya's Tripoli

STORY: Half marathon held in Libya's Tripoli DATELINE: Nov. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the marathon race 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ISMAEL MOHAMED, Participant 3. various of the participants STORYLINE: The Libyan capital of Tripoli on Saturday held the fifth annual marathon under the slogan "competing for peace" with more than 1,500 participants. The marathon was 21 km, approximately half the distance of a standard race, and took about three hours to finish. Participants from Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Türkiye, the Philippines and Japan took part in the marathon, along with 70 observers and judges, said Abdul-Hamed Shbet, head of the Organizing Committee. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ISMAEL MOHAMED, Participant "I would like to thank the organizers and everyone who participated in. It was a great marathon and people from different nationalities participated. There was a great competition and it went very well. I hope that the future is even be

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