On March 22, the 2024 Chinese Athletics Association Road Running Work Conference was held in Wuxi, Jiangsu. At the meeting, the Guangzhou Marathon was rated as the most influential event of the 2023 Chinese Athletics Association.
2023 can be called a blowout year for China’s road racing. According to the “2023 China Road Running Events Blue Book”, a total of 699 large-scale road running events with more than 800 people will be held across the country in 2023, with a total number of participants of 6.0519 million. more than 100 events were held across the country in April and November. A total of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have held certification events, of which Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are in the top three, The total number of participants in the association’s certification events is 4.1842 million, which is basically the same as in 2019 .(4.24 million).
While the scale of the event continues to expand, the competitive and public performance of China’s road races has improved from strength to strength. Last year, at least 2.5 million people across the country completed “half marathon” or “full marathon” events. Among them, the cumulative number of “full marathon” finishers was 641,700, an increase of 142,700 from 2022, and the cumulative number of “half marathon” finishers was 1.859 million, an increase of 507,500 since 2022.
At the same time, the 16-year-old men’s marathon national record was successively renewed by He Jie and Yang Shaohui. Currently, China’s marathon has male runners He Jie, Yang Shaohui, Feng Peiyou, Wu Xiangdong and female runners Zhang Deshun, Li Zhixuan, Bai Li, and Xia Yuyu Meet the standards for the Paris Olympics. In addition, the number of mass elite runners has reached 80,500, and the number of “Full Marathon” runners who have “broken three” has reached 11,897.
In order to further guide the diverse, distinctive and high-quality development of China’s road running events and give play to the leading and demonstrative role of high-quality events, the Chinese Athletics Association launched the collection of “Typical Cases of Road Running Events in 2023” and finally selected 84 typical cases for 2023. The cases include 15 cases of city image media communication, 1 case of building a series brand, 6 cases of improving quality by empowering technology, 11 cases of service and runner experience, 10 cases of sustainability development, 21 cases of integrated sports and tourism development, and 8 cases of creating a road running culture. , 12 influential. Among them, the Guangzhou Marathon was rated as the most influential event of the Chinese Athletics Association in 2023.
The Guangzhou Marathon, established in 2012, is one of the most growing and impressive events. The 2023 Guangzhou Marathon marks the 10th anniversary of the Guangzhou Marathon. The organizing committee adheres to the world vision, international standards, Guangzhou characteristics, and high-level positions, implements the racing standards with higher quality, strives to promote the innovative development of the Guangzhou Marathon, and shows economic and social development Guangzhou in full High-quality development results show the city’s strong comprehensive strength and international influence, and have been widely recognized and praised by World Athletics, the Chinese Athletics Association and all sectors. of society.
Looking back at the history of the development of the ten events, as a World Athletics Gold Label event, the Guangzhou Marathon has a professional and standard organization, strict security and transportation organization, strict and comprehensive medical support, detailed and considerate volunteer services, publicity that has ‘to take deep root. and promotion, and continuous professionalization and internationalization Improvement, humanistic significance has been continuously enriched, and great progress has been made. The honors and achievements obtained by Guangma not only confirm the efforts made in the past, but also present higher requirements for the development of Guangma in the future.
Next, the Guangzhou Marathon will continue to use the international advanced city marathon as the benchmark, strictly regulate the event at a high level and with high standards, make targeted improvements, further develop and innovate, and creates an organized and excellent Guangzhou Marathon. experience for most runners Horse racing. Firmly take advantage of the favorable opportunity to prepare for the 15th National Games and Paralympic Games in 2025, deepen sports exchanges, expand the influence of the events, continuously improve mass participation and sense of benefit, and make Guangzhou’s new contribution to building power sport and promote Chinese-style modernization. .
Text | Reporter Chai Zhi
Picture | Reporter Zhong Zhenbin
Editor: Long Xi
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