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Three runners pose together by the finish gantry.

Gallery

All 76 photographs of the 2026 Gaia Half Marathon, just as it happened: the start, the race, the finish and everything around it.

Edition
2026
Photographs
76
Hundreds of Gaia Half Marathon participants head along the seafront towards the finish arch, with the Atlantic Ocean on the left.
A volunteer shows the Planicare welcome bag at race registration.
A runner makes the victory sign as he sets off under the start gantry.
Two runners smile side by side under the race's WOW gantry.
A runner celebrates with open arms near the finish, with an advertising flag behind him.
A group of runners passes under the race gantry on a cloudy day.
A group celebrates with emotional hugs near the finish.
Two participants pose by the official race board, holding their bibs.
A participant poses with her bib by the official race board.
Runners in the race registration area, set up with race signage.
The race registration area, with the event schedule on display.
A race partner's health stand at race registration.
The WOW entrance, decorated with Gaia Half Marathon signage.
A race partner's frontage, with bunting and a car on display.
A participant checks her phone next to the official race shirts.
A group of participants gathers by the race barrier, celebrating.
A smiling father carries his son in his arms near the finish.
A runner jumps for joy as he crosses the finish line.
Two runners hug in the finish area after finishing.
Spectators sit on the wall to watch the race.
A runner holding a baby near the finish.
Three runners pose together by the finish gantry.
Two participants celebrate together near the finish.
Organisers pose with a ceremonial cheque.
A team of volunteers poses by the race signage.
A festive group poses among the spectators on race day.
A member of the organising team greets a runner crossing the finish line.
Two runners with medals round their necks, under the finish gantry.
Two runners raise their arms by the finish gantry.
Runners move forward as a group during the race.
A group poses by the finish line after the race.
A member of the organising team speaks by the finish gantry.
Participants walk through an open area near the finish.
A dog wearing a bib walks beside a participant during the race.
A ceremonial cheque is handed to the Portuguese League Against Cancer, as part of the charity walk.
A group of young people receives a ceremonial donation by the race gantry.
Two runners embrace, moved, with their medals on their chests.
A television interview on a balcony overlooking Porto and the Douro river.
A father leads his two children by the hand across the finish line, with spectators applauding on both sides.
A television interview about the Gaia Half Marathon.
A television studio interview about the race.
The official car at the front of the start, next to the race totems.
An interview by the finish, with a journalist and a guest.
A journalist interviews a guest by the race gantry.
A journalist interviews a participant, with runners passing in the background.
A group of elite runners passes under the race gantry.
A group of friends celebrating together with hugs near the finish.
Two runners raise their arms and show their medals, celebrating together after finishing.
Two friends make the victory sign side by side after finishing the race.
A couple in the Gaia Half Marathon colours embrace by the Atlantic coast after the race.
A runner crosses a pedestrian crossing on the Gaia seafront, by the Atlantic coast.
The start of the Gaia Half Marathon 2026: the elite line behind the tape, a wheelchair athlete in the centre, thousands of runners back to the start arch and the Atlantic on the left.
Gaia's Atlantic seafront from the air at the 2026 start: thousands of participants lined up along the coast, with the ocean and the rocks on the left and the start arch in the distance.
The charity walk wave passing under the start arch in 2026: hundreds of participants in the race shirt, spectators against the barriers on both sides and the Atlantic Ocean on the left.
The start of the 2026 21K: the elite pack lined up under the arch with the clock at zero, a wheelchair athlete at the front and spectators filling both sides.
The leading pack of the 21K running along the Gaia seafront in 2026, under the main sponsor's gantry, with the ocean on the left.
Dozens of participants gathered in the inner square at WOW on the day before the 2026 race, with Portuguese cobblestones and bunting overhead.
The 2026 prize ceremony on the finish stage: the top finishers on the podium with their trophies, surrounded by the organisers and their families.
The cheque presentation to the Portuguese League Against Cancer on the finish stage in 2026, with the organisers, partners and participants around them.
Volunteers serving participants at the race registration desk on the day before the 2026 race.
The Gaia Half Marathon 2026 volunteer and organising team, in yellow shirts, at the race presentation at WOW.
Thousands of runners heading up the Gaia seafront in 2026, with the road full to the horizon and the race arches in the distance.
The mass of Gaia Half Marathon 2026 runners side by side on the seafront, with spectators against the barriers.
Runners racing on the Gaia seafront in 2026, between the barriers and the race partners' boards.
The start of the Gaia Half Marathon 2026 seen from the front: the whole pack behind the start arch, with spectators against the barriers on both sides.
The 2026 start from the air: the seafront road full of participants from end to end, with the race village and the ocean alongside.
Gaia Half Marathon 2026 runners heading up the seafront, the pack fading into the distance and the race balloons above.
Runners racing on the Gaia seafront in 2026, with spectators watching and applauding by the barriers.
The front of the 2026 race running along the Gaia seafront, with the pack filling the road and spectators watching on both sides.
Gaia Half Marathon 2026 runners racing on the seafront, seen from the front, with hundreds of participants behind them.
Gaia Half Marathon 2026 runners heading up the seafront as a group, with spectators watching by the barriers.
Hundreds of runners behind the start tape of the Gaia Half Marathon 2026, with spectators against the barriers on both sides.
A group of runners racing along the avenue, seen from behind, between the spectators at the barriers and the race arches in the distance.
Gaia Half Marathon 2026 runners approaching the arch, with spectators applauding along the barriers.
Runners covering the last metres towards the finish arch, between two walls of spectators.
A group of Gaia Half Marathon 2026 runners seen from the front, with the pack filling the road behind them.