More than 10,000 runners from 59 countries showed what ambition really looks like when every step is tested by the weather.

Rain followed them throughout the maib | Mastercard Chisinau Marathon 2026, but it never took away from the energy, the emotion, or the determination to reach the finish line.

Kilometre after kilometre, Chișinău came alive with the marathon, moving to the rhythm of thousands of runners who took on the challenge and made it all the way to the finish.