The 11th edition of the Pão de Açúcar Marathon relay, held in the city of São Paulo, had the record field of more than 25,000 runners. The race had a thrilling end when Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima (Pão de Açúcar/BM&F 8 runners team), that started the last leg 1:30 minutes behind the Cruzeiro team, passed  Eraldo Teixeira (Cruzeiro 8 runners team) just a few meters from the finish line to win with time of 2:05:42.