Porto Alegre Marathon Becomes Fastest Marathon Event in Brazil After Sang's 2:10:21

Overview

• On May 31, 2026, Kenyan Daniel Hiprono Sang won the Maratona de Porto Alegre Olympikus in 2:10:21, the fastest time recorded in a marathon event held on Brazilian soil.
• Ethiopia's Gelane Senbete won the women's race in 2:31:16 and she and Lucy Nthenya both broke the Porto Alegre women's course record.
• Race organizers and sponsor Olympikus provided elite athletes with the 'Corre Pace' shoe months before the race and offered R$150,000 winners' prizes plus a R$100,000 bonus that organizers say attracted a deeper international field.
• The top six men all ran faster than Porto Alegre's previous course record and Brazil's best finisher, 44-year-old Giovane dos Santos, set a personal best of 2:12:56 in sixth place.
• The weekend drew roughly 30,000 participants across distances, local officials announced a 2027 edition on June 5–6, and former record-holder Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima welcomed the result as a boost for Brazilian long‑distance running.