Subotic, Bojovic win semi-marathon race

BELGRADE - Serbian female athlete Ana Subotic and her male colleague Velimir Bojovic are the winners of the semi-marathon race at the traditional 28th Belgrade Marathon.

Member of the Javor club from Ivanjica, Subotic beat Nada Djurovic in the 21-kilometre race, while Bojovic of the Nis Marathon club triumphed over Kenya's Stanley Kipruto.

The third and fourth place in the male competition went to Serbian athletes Darko Zivanovic and Milos Jovanovic.

The 28th Belgrade Marathon began on Saturday at 10 a.m. and it gathers around 25,000 runners.

A total of 4,484 runners are participating in the semi-marathon and marathon races and despite the rain and unfavourable weather conditions, over 20,000 people will take part in the five-kilometre Race of Pleasure.

Direct streaming of the traditional Belgrade race is available worldwide on the official website of the Belgrade Marathon organisation.