Schmit and Xhaferaj lead Luxembourgish finishersBart Jansson and Tatiana Proca crowned winners of 2026 ING Night Marathon

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Bart Jansson and Tatiana Proca won the men's and women's races, while Claude Schmit and Shefi Xhaferaj ranked highest among Luxembourg's finishers.
Marathon winner Tatiana Proca
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Dutchman Bart Jansson completed the 42.195 kilometre race in two hours, 28 minutes, and 21 seconds, a mere month after running the Vienna City Marathon. Second and third place went to Alexandre Mayer (2:30:19) and Ahmed Nasef (2:32:29).

Gewënner vum Marathon
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Claude Schmit finished the race as the highest-ranked Luxembourg national in 12th place (2:51:13).

Claude Schmit
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Tatiana Proca came first in the women's race, completing it in two hours, 59 minutes, and 54 seconds. She was followed by Germany's Carolin Minas (3:03:28). The best Luxembourgish runner was Shefi Xhaferaj (3:05:04) in third place.

Shefi Xhaferaj
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Jenny Gloden wins half marathon

Luxembourg's Jenny Gloden won the 21 km half marathon, finishing in 1 hour, 17 minutes, and 5 seconds. She was followed by her fellow countrywomen Anne Reiser (1:22:47) and Anna Reiff (1:22:47).

Podium Damme Semi-Marathon
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In the men's half marathon, Germany's Simon Bong came first with a time of 1 hour, 7 minutes, and 19 seconds. Luxembourg's Yonas Kindé (1:10:28) came second, followed by German Fabian Kuklinski (1:11:02).

De Podium vum Semi-Marathon bei den Hären
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18,000 runners in total participated in the race.

Full results can be found on the official website.

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