Several marathons in China have been postponed, and participants are looking forward to the day of the restart

Wuhan, October 26 (China News Service) Reporters learned from the Wuhan Marathon Organizing Committee on the 26th that 296,000 runners have completed the event that could not be held as scheduled through online racing.

The 2021 Wuhan Marathon, which was originally scheduled to be held on October 24, was postponed 3 days before the start of the race due to the epidemic.

"Although the event has been postponed, the love and expectation for Hanma are still undiminished." A participant from Hangzhou completed the "one-man marathon" by running 75 laps at the Hangzhou Sports Center through the online race.

Not only the marathon, but also the 12th China International Service Outsourcing Trade Expo, the 19th Central China Book Fair, the 2021 Wuhan Clothing Week and other activities scheduled to be held in Wuhan in the near future have also been postponed.

Affected by the epidemic, in the past few days, many large marathons in China have been postponed.

According to the official news of the Chengdu Marathon on the 25th, the 2021 Chengdu Marathon, which was originally scheduled for October 31, will be postponed to November 28. As the gold medal event of the Chinese Athletics Association, this is the fifth edition of the Chengdu Marathon, and the number of participants this year will reach 35,000, with a total prize money of 730,000 yuan.

The 2021 Hangzhou Marathon, which was originally scheduled to be held on November 7, also issued an announcement: Recently, there have been epidemics in some parts of China to varying degrees, and the epidemic prevention and control department of the organizing committee is currently assessing the epidemic prevention and control work in the province and outside the province, and will make a relatively rational judgment about a week before the race.

Following the cancellation of the epidemic for the first time last year, the 2021 Beijing Marathon Organizing Committee recently officially announced through its official website that due to the recent occurrence of a number of local confirmed cases in Beijing, the 2021 Beijing Marathon, which was scheduled to be held on the 31st of this month, was postponed.

In addition, the reporter combed and found that more than ten events such as the Shandong Linyi Marathon, the Zibo Marathon, the Hohhot Women's Half Marathon, and the Tangshan Marathon have also been postponed.

Long-distance running enthusiast Zhang Xuan signed up for the Wuhan Marathon and the Shaoxing Marathon this year. Receiving the news of the postponement of the Wuhan Marathon, he admitted that he and his runners were inevitably disappointed in their hearts. Zhang Xuan said that he looked forward to the dissipation of the epidemic, the restart of the marathon, and the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. (End)

Source: China News Network