Marathon News - Dubai Marathon Postponed

Jan-4-2006

Dubai Marathon Postponed
by Bob Ramsak
(c) Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

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.