Because the Palestinian Authority does not control a contiguous 42 kilometers in Bethlehem district — the distance of a full Olympic marathon — the run was instead forced to loop around an 11 kilometer stretch.
Car l’Autorità palestinienne non contrôla una contigua di 42 km nel districte della Bethlehem – la distance di un marathon olympique completo – la traversa era forzata a looper autour delle una traversa di 11 km.