Later on, a group of athletes received a number of sacred objects, among them soil from Gallipoli Peninsula, seawater and Turkish flag, which will be taken to Ankara to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The athletes will pass through Çanakkale, Balıkesir, Bursa, Bilecik and Eskişehir respectively and submit the sacred objects to President Erdoğan after a 720-km run.
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