The total number of participants in the 2021 Shanghai Marathon doubled compared with last year

October 15, 2021 Shanghai Marathon press conference held on the evening of the 15th announced that the 2021 Shanghai Marathon will officially return, and the total number of participants this year is about 18,000, including 13,000 full marathons and 5,000 fitness runs.

In 2020, due to the consideration of epidemic prevention and control, the 25th Shanghai Marathon adjusted the scale of participation from 38,000 people before the epidemic to 9,000 people, and only one full marathon was retained. The Shanghai Marathon has also become the only marathon event held normally among the 12 platinum standard events in the world and with the participation of mass runners, allowing the world to see Shanghai's refined management level and Shanghai's accurate phased epidemic prevention results through the Shanghai Marathon.

After a year of waiting, the 2021 Shanghai Marathon has arrived as scheduled. It is reported that the 2021 Shanghai Marathon is determined to "one city to apply for love, cohesion and strength" as the slogan, the meaning it wants to express is: the glory of the horse, is gathered by thousands of ordinary horsemen from different positions, everyone because of the same belief - Shen Love, so gathered together, and because of the power of the convergence, created the achievements of the horse today, this year, the horse will be through the platform of the event, highlighting the soft power of The city of Shencheng.

It is reported that the 2021 Shanghai Marathon will start at 7:00 a.m. on November 28 (Sunday), starting from the Bund Taurus Square, which is divided into two events: full marathon and fitness run.

This year's race route is completely consistent with the route of the 2020 Shanghai Marathon, passing landmark buildings such as Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, Jing'an Temple, Xintiandi, and the Customs Building, Peace Hotel, and Longhua Temple along the way silently cheer for runners and encourage runners to move forward. This competition will continue the starting method of starting from the gun, with a total of 4 guns. While implementing epidemic prevention and control measures, dispersing the flow of people and ensuring a safe distance between people, the split gun will also bring runners a comfortable racing experience.

The registration time of the most concerned runners was also announced today, and the majority of runners can log on to the official website of Shangma or download the Shangma APP from 19:00 on October 15 to 17:00 on October 18, and select the corresponding events and projects to register. The results of the draw will be announced on the afternoon of 22 October.

In order to help the disadvantaged groups build a good sports environment, let more people establish the concept of national fitness, and promote the development of mass sports, this year's charity quota has returned again, with a total of 200 seats.

In addition, this year's event will also invite domestic athletes, such as domestic elite athletes who have performed well in the long-distance running events of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and the 14th National Games in 2021, to gather in Shencheng to compete with the public runners and feel the thrill of running in the wind on the horse track.

In order to ensure the safe and assured running of all runners, the organizing committee will firmly establish the "safety first" epidemic prevention concept with strict epidemic prevention standards, strictly refer to the successful epidemic prevention and control measures of the 2020 Shanghai Marathon and many marathon events in the first half of 2021 as experience, strictly deploy, accurately prevent and control, and screen the health status of all participants (including runners and staff).

Say goodbye to geographical restrictions and farewell to the number of people, in order to cover more runners who love marathons, this event will launch the Shanghai Marathon Online Run, encourage more people to actively sign up to participate, and break the conventional competition mode in the form of cloud running.

In order to create an immersive racing experience for runners participating in online running and better integrate online and offline marathon events, the organizing committee has created multiple ways to play such as interactive virtual punch points along the way. It is worth mentioning that the online run also increased the cloud pacer function, in the 1 km, 5 km, 10 km event, runners can choose to challenge the pace of kipchoge, Yang Shaohui, Li Zhixuan and other world famous players, enhance the interactivity and challenge of short distance events. (End)

Source: China News Network