Over 80 athletes from 16 countries took the challenge, running and collecting the waste they found on the way, surrounded by mountains and the sea.
WORLD PLOGGING CHAMPIONSHIP 2023: RUNNERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COLLECTED ALMOST 3.000 KG OF WASTE IN GENOA!
Flag bearers from Italy, Algeria, Argentina, Ghana, Japan, Greece, Mexico, The Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, Senegal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, and Uruguay
Third Edition Results
80 runners
6 hours
Almost 3.000 kg of collected waste
1.318 km of paths run and cleaned-up
6 million g of CO2 not emitted in the atmosphere – equivalent to 60.000 km travelled by a car or 50 flights Milan-Rome
Special Awards
Fair Play: Ellinor Härlin & Silvia Ines Canavero
Athletic Award: Paolo Austoni & Lara Maiolo
WEEE Award: Miloš Stanojević & Tommaso Barbi
New Generation Award: Yolanda Rusconi & Pietro Olocco
Paralympic Award: Lino Cianciotto
Winners
3° Place: Giovanni Porro
2° Place: José Luis Lamela
World Champion: Manuel Jesús Ortega García
3° Place: Vanesa Perea Mediavilla
2° Place: Maria Grazia Celi
World Champion: Elena Canuto