2023 is definitely a bumper year for the Chinese marathon, as early as the Wuxi Marathon in March, Chinese marathon stars He Jie and Yang Shaohui broke Ren Longyunchen's 16-year-old domestic record with a score of 2 hours, 7 minutes and 30 seconds and 2 hours 7 minutes 49 seconds respectively, which is indeed a good start for everyone, when He Jie got a bonus of 1.55 million, and Yang Shaohui got a bonus of 1.26 million, the bonus composition is a record-breaking 1 million yuan and a bonus of 10,000 yuan per second of improvement, and this does not include the bonus of 1 million per person awarded by their club. If they can reach this level of running, they are already successful in China, and undoubtedly represent the highest level of marathon in China.
Time came to the Hangzhou Asian Games marathon on October 5, He Jie won the first gold medal of the Chinese Marathon Asian Games in 2 hours, 13 minutes and 2 seconds, creating history again, and Yang Shaohui also competed in the same game and finally won the bronze medal. However, only two months have passed, on December 3, Yang Shaohui participated in the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan, He Jie participated in the race in China that day, and the two did not compete in the same field this time, and finally Yang Shaohui once again made history, with 2 hours 07 minutes and 9 seconds to refresh He Jie's domestic marathon record again, and this is also Yang Shaohui broke the domestic marathon record twice in a year.
In order to commend their outstanding performance, their sponsor brand, which is also a domestic brand, once again took out a huge bonus to motivate them, Yang Shaohui received a reward of 2.47 million yuan, and He Jie received a reward of 1.55 million yuan, which is a reward for breaking the domestic men's marathon record and winning gold in the Asian Games, for Yang Shaohui, he took nearly 5 million yuan in a year alone, and this is not counting the brand's sponsorship fee, which is the best reward for their hard work, and some people are also ridiculing, fellow teammates, after He Jie's record is broken, he may have to adjust the alarm clock to get up in the morning by an hour, of course, it's all a joke.
Now this kind of performance, in fact, in addition to their own efforts, nearly 1,000 marathons a year have also played a role, and more high-level foreign athletes can raise the ceiling of our local athletes to a certain extent, which I believe should be clear to those who have run. He Jie was born in Ningxia in 1998, is currently only 25 years old, and has a bright future, Yang Shaohui was born in Yunnan at the age of 31, which is the age of running a marathon. The more generous the reward, the more exciting the athletes, and hopefully we can set more records in 2024.