II. The year of the international athletics race called "Banská Bystrica Walking Meeting" will take place on Saturday, September 29, 2018 in the Park under the SNP Memorial in Banská Bystrica. The grand opening of the event is scheduled for 13 p.m.

The main organizer of the event is ŠK BCF Dukla BB. The partners of the event are BCF sro, VŠC Dukla BB, Slovak Athletic Association and Banská Bystrica - European City of Sports 2017. The event is organized with the financial support of BBSK and the City of Banská Bystrica. 

The invitation was accepted by the Olympic winners Jozef Pribilinec and Matej Tóth, representatives of the Slovak Athletic Association, five-time participant in the Winter Olympics Martina Halinárová and other well-known athletes. In addition to clubs from Slovakia, teams from Lithuania, Italy, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary have promised to participate. However, one of the last opportunities to meet the limits for top events will certainly be used by competitors from other countries, and sports fans have something to look forward to.

"The festive character of the event will be added by the fact that the race takes place at a time when we commemorate the historically first athletic Olympic victory of the Slovak athlete Jozef Pribilinec on September 23.9.1988, 2018 at the Olympic Games in Seoul. Also, that the event will include a declaration of the most successful pedestrian in Slovakia in XNUMX ", said Juraj Benčík, coach of the most successful pedestrians.