![Runners start the Dublin City Marathon as a record number took part in the race this year. Photo: Damien Eagers](http://cdn-04.independent.ie/incoming/article35174297.ece/ae3df/BINARY/II%20Dublin%20%203.jpg)
Now the fourth largest marathon in Europe, a record number of runners wound their way through the capital, with approximately 17,000 crossing the finishing line at Merrion Square.
Exhausted runners were given a hero's welcome by family, friends and supporters at the finish line and were presented with a special medal commemorating the centenary of the 1916 Rising and the 37th annual run.
Among the competitors, aged between 18 and 86, it was a triumvirate of Ethiopians who crossed the finish line in record time.
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![Sergiu Ciobhanu toasts his win with son Matthew. Photo: Damien Eagers](http://cdn-01.independent.ie/incoming/article35174298.ece/685dc/BINARY/II%20Dublin%2018.jpg)
![Peter Joseph Singhatey, from Dublin, gets some help at the end. Photos: Damien Eagers](http://cdn-03.independent.ie/incoming/article35174300.ece/cb7d8/BINARY/II%20Dublin%2030.jpg)
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