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The Ekiden Cahors 2024 raised €20,000. The check presentation took place this Thursday, January 23.
€20,000 to help patients and support research into Huntington's disease. Here is the results of Ekiden 2024 in Cahors. The check presentation took place this Thursday, January 23 at Gambetta college. 263 adult teams of 6 (a record), around thirty children's teams and more than 300 walkers participated on September 28.
16,000€ in Huntington France
In detail, €16,000 will be allocated to the Huntington France association. The regional delegate Cécile Rigal, alongside the departmental representative Brigitte Couderc, spoke of her emotion and the progress made thanks to the money raised. €2,500 was allocated to the MAS of Castelnau-Montratier which accommodates ten patients from Huntington, including two in temporary accommodation. The money raised helps improve their living comfort.
The MAS de Granès, from the ASEI association, which permanently houses and supports eight patients from Huntington, in Montauban, received €1,000 to help finance a specialized Huntington ergonomic chair. The brain tumor research association received €500.
-See you on September 27, 2025
The next edition of the Ekiden Cahors will take place on September 27, 2025. New walking routes, between the city of Cahors and Mont Saint-Cyr will be offered, with departures at 2:30 p.m., for the 7 km classic and at 2:35 p.m., for the gentle 5 km. The Nordic walk, which should run along the Voie verte, would leave from the Allées Fénelon at 2:15 p.m., where the village would open its doors at 2 p.m. New times will be applied, with the departure of the children's Ekiden at 5:50 p.m., and the adults' Ekiden at 6 p.m., in order to finish the relay race earlier.
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