01 February 2022, 1pm
On 21 January, 65 runners from the US, UAE, Belarus and Russia took part in the “Pole of Cold Marathon” in Oymyakon, Yakutia (Eastern Siberia).
The temperature plunged to –53ºC. (–63ºF) to make it the world’s coldest-ever marathon.
Russian Vasily Lukin took his second straight men’s victory in a time of 3:22, and Marina Sedalischeva won the women’s race in 4:09, reports the Road Race Management Newsletter.