Nearly 50,000 people, including thousands from abroad, ran through the streets of Paris on Sunday April 3, 2016, for the city’s annual marathon. Among them was also 12th Women’s World Chess Champion Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk, who did surprisingly well, running her first ever marathon in 4 hours!
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- Evgeny Surov, Александра Костенюк: “Эмоции? До слёз...” (Alexandra Kosteniuk: “Emotioned to tears...”), Chess-News.ru, April 4, 2016
12th Women’s World Chess Champion Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk at the starting line of 40th Paris Marathon on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Photo: Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk (Facebook).
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