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Recognised as being among the flattest and fastest in the world of distance running, the roads and streets of Dubai are set to be turned into a world-class running “track” for the 21st staging of the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on Friday (January 24).

After back-to-back victories in 2018 and 2019, Switzerland’s renowned “Silver Bullet’ Marcel Hug and the formidable Sandra Graf will be gunning for unique hat-tricks when they line up at the start of the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon next Friday (January 24).

Swedish elite athlete Hanna Lindholm will target a place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when she competes in the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon on January 24, thanks to a coveted invitation from the event organisers in the UAE.