Bart Swings makes history and Keily Delgado conquers Berlin: two victories to remember at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON

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The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON Inlineskating took place on Saturday, September 26, with the start on Straße des 17. Juni in Berlin. According to provisional results published after the race, Bart Swings of Belgium won the men's race in 57:30, achieving his tenth victory at the event. He had previously stated that this marathon was special to him, comparing its importance to a World Championship. A large chase group followed, led by France's Nolan Beddiaf and Germany's Felix Rijhnen, both at 59:41. Spain's Patxi Peula finished fourth, also at 59:41. Other provisional men's results included Manuel Taibo in 9th (1:00:28), Carlos Arturo Tarazona 11th (1:00:29), Rafael Heredia 12th (1:00:29), and Adrián Alonso 19th (1:00:37). In the women's race, Colombia's Keily Delgado won with a provisional time of 1:12:55 in a very close finish. She had also won the inline skating race at the GENERALI Berlin Half Marathon earlier in the season. Lianne van Loon of the Netherlands was second in the same time of 1:12:55, and France's Alison Bernardi was third, also at 1:12:55. The top four female skaters were listed with identical provisional times. Spain's Aura Cristina Quintana finished sixth in 1:12:56, and Claudia Batalla was 18th in 1:13:00. The event, which the organization describes as bringing together international elite skaters and thousands of amateurs, had around 2,000 skaters expected at the start. The article notes that the results shown by the timing platform at the time were marked as "Unofficial Results" and could be adjusted before final official confirmation.