(Caracas, Nov. 17,2012).-. The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has designated theCAF-Marathon Caracas 2013 a qualifiing race for the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow. TheCAF-Marathon Caracas 2013 , organized by CAF -Development Bank of Latin America- will be held February 24, 2013.
The CAF-Marathon Caracas 2013 has also been named Venezuela's National Marathon Championship, and it will count as a qualifier for the Bolivarian Games in Trujillo, Peru, in November next year.
Venezuela joins the ranks of other South American nations, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru, with qualifing races for the Moscow World Championships.
The first edition of the CAF-Marathon Caracas in 2011 was a qualifier for that year's Guadalajara Pan American Games and this year's edition on Feb. 26 counted as a qualifier for the London Olympics.