The press conference of the 2024 C&D Xiamen Marathon, the 5th China Marathon Expo and the 2024 Fujian Road Running Industry Expo was held this morning. The reporter learned from the meeting that the 2024 C&D Xiamen Marathon will start at 7:30 on January 7, and the world's top runners will be invited to participate in this event, and the individual champion bonus will be 4$50,000 to $5$50,000.
The new standard. Optimize the award setting and improve the pass-through standard.
As an elite platinum label event of the World Athletics Federation, this year's Xiamen Marathon will continue to be held according to the "platinum label" standard: first, the world's top platinum and gold label elite runners will be invited to compete at the Xiamen Marathon TrackThe second is to continue to promote the "Chinese Race" program, so that domestic elite athletes can compete with international elite runners on the Xiamen Marathon Track, and demonstrate the competition level of Chinese marathon runnersThe third is to optimize the bonus setting, and the Xiamen Marathon champion bonus will be increased to 550,000 US dollars, "Chinese Race" will also be on the basis of the record-breaking award, breakthrough award, and standard achievement award, and the best result award for Chinese athletes in the Xiamen Marathon.
In recent years, the performance of domestic marathon runners has been significantly improved, and this year's event will optimize and adjust the "Xiamen Marathon Score Direct Standard" (referred to as "XQ"), with the marathon score through standard for all ages being increased by 6 minutes, and the half marathon through standard by 3 minutes. According to the registration data, the number of players who meet the criteria for this direct pass has reached 19,869. In addition, the "Three-Star Breaking Plan" plan has been innovated and upgraded: the reward range for female players has been expanded to less than 3 hours and 15 minutes, and the reward range for male players has been maintained within 3 hours. According to statistics, among the runners who signed up for this event, a total of 2,978 men scored within 3 hours, and 285 women scored within 3 hours and 15 minutes. At that time, the organizing committee will give exclusive "break three" windbreakers to the contestants who successfully challenge the "Breaking Three Star Plan".
New services. Barrier-free toilets have been added to encrypt the supply distance of the stage.
Serving runners and being meticulous and considerate is the concept that Xiamen Horse has long adhered to. Each event is constantly thinking and seeking innovation, through questionnaire research and discussions, etc., widely listening to the suggestions of runners, and constantly improving the service work: First, increase the registration channel for disabled runners in the registration process. For wheelchair runners, barrier-free toilets will be added to ensure their needs during the competitionThe second is to advocate scientific and reasonable track supply, plan the distribution of track supply points and material types according to local conditions, send supplies to runners in a timely and reasonable manner, and appropriately encrypt the distance of supply for the return stageThird, in terms of post-competition support, in addition to retaining the original stretching service and ice pool recovery, this event will also provide athletes with energy bars, protein milk, slippers and other materials to help them recover their physical fitness as soon as possible.
Xiamen Evening News reporter Yi Yunting reporter Liu Donghua).
Related: The Forum on Sustainable Development is open to a limited number of 200 seats.
With the support and guidance of the World Athletics Federation and the Chinese Athletics Association, the Xiamen Marathon will hold the "Sustainable Development Forum" on January 5, 2024. At that time, many heavyweight guests will come to Xiamen to interpret and share sustainable action guidelines and discuss the sustainable development ecosystem of sports events. In addition, the first Sustainability Report of the China Marathon will be released. The forum will open a limited number of 200 seats, and interested parties can register for the Xiamen Marathon***.
China Marathon Expo.
It will be held in Xiamen in January next year.
As the largest, most extensive and most authoritative industry event in the field of road running in China, China Marathon Expo will be held at Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center from January 4 to 6, 2024. The 5th China Marathon Expo and 2024 Fujian Road Running Industry Expo will have a scale of 26,000 square meters, and up to now, nearly 100 companies have participated in the exhibition, covering the whole industry chain of road running, such as running events, brand enterprises, event services, and sports equipment.