Copenhagen, Denmark, 29th March, 2014. The runners in the IAAF/AL-Bank World Half Marathon Championships 2014 ran in the streets of sunny Copenhagen with start and goal at the Christiansborg Palace Square. The elite women and men were followed by nearly 30,000 recreational and sub-elite runners. The Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt fires the starter's pistol to start the women's class. Credit: Niels Quist/Alamy Live News

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Location: Christiansborg Palace Square, Copenhagen, Denmark
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