On September 14, the “VMF Vanadzor Half-Marathon 2025” took place – the very first half-marathon held in Vanadzor. The charity run was organized by the Arm Marathon Foundation, the Vahe Meliksetyan Foundation, and the TriClub Yerevan triathlon club, with the support of the Vanadzor Municipality and the Lori Regional Administration.
The half-marathon aimed to promote a healthy lifestyle, expand sports culture in Vanadzor and the regions of Armenia, and contribute to the development of sports tourism in the country.
The event offered several race distances: a 1 km kids’ run, 5 km, 10 km, and 21 km run. Around 400 runners of different ages and physical preparation levels joined the event, representing 8 countries, including Georgia, Russia, the USA, and France, took part in the Run.
The charity run raised 9,200,000 AMD.
The official highlight video of the “VMF Vanadzor Half-Marathon 2025” is available here.
The general sponsor of the event was Ardshinbank CJSC, Armenia’s leading bank.
This charity event was dedicated to the memory of Vahe Meliksetyan — a promising clinical pharmacist, scientist, and lecturer at the YSMU Department of Clinical Pharmacology, who lost his life in the 2020 Artsakh War. In recent years, Vahe was also an active participant in various charity runs.
