IPICO Sports Used to Time Britain’s Largest 10k Road Race

Submitted by hlockwood on May 17, 2010 - 6:56pm

IPICO Sports used to time Britain’s largest 10k road race.

The BUPA Great Manchester 10k on May 16, 2010 in Manchester, England involved 36,000 runners and is currently Britain’s largest 10k.
The event was timed using the IPICO Sports system by HS Sports who is contracted with Nova International to time all of the Great Run Series of Races.
http://www.hssports.co.uk/running-services.php

Race details:
http://www.iaaf.org/LRR10/news/newsid=56769.html
http://www.greatrun.org/Default.aspx
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8685110.stm

Photo: Haile Gebrselassie wins the BUPA Great Manchester 10k on May 16, 2010

Following the successful timing of the Virgin London Marathon in April, the major road races in the United Kingdom are now timed using the IPICO Sports system.