At 9:00 a.m. on April 5, the "Heart Blossom, Run MatJiang" Sports Lottery 2021 Chongqing Matjiang Peony Half Marathon (hereinafter referred to as "Peony Flower Horse") started in Nanyang Park, Matjiang County, Chongqing. The event attracted 6,761 runners from all over the country to enjoy the charm of sports and the beauty of the Mat River.
A total of 21.0975KM of half marathon, mini marathon public group (including red running group), mini marathon family parent-child group (including small red army group) were set up in this competition, and the actual number of applicants for half marathon was 2286 people, and 4475 people in mini marathon, a total of 6761 people.
In terms of route, the entire track will focus on urban nodes such as Matjiang East New Area, Matjiang Smart City Operation Center, Sanhe Lake Wetland Park, Peony Lake Wetland Park, Wenbi Lake Wetland Park, Nanyang Park, Sports and Culture Park, etc. The carefully set up track shows the regional characteristics of Matjiang and reflects the charm of Matjiang City. At the same time, the terrain is flat and spacious throughout the track, which is also a good competition environment for the players.
Matjiang is known as the "hometown of peonies", the organizing committee of this event with the theme of "heart flowers blooming, running mat river", around the concept of mat river peony flower sea, designed a set of marathon combat equipment with very characteristics of mat river culture for the participants.
In the end, Hong Yue, a half marathon men's runner, took the lead in crossing the finish line at 1:06:08 to win the championship, while Zhao Hao and Xiao Zuohua won the second and third places respectively.
Li Chunxia, a half marathon women's runner, won the championship at 1:17:01, and Zhang Kaiqin and Zhou Lili won the second and third places respectively.
This is the second time that Peony Flower Horse was held, wholeheartedly in the service of runners, this year's event invested a total of 609 volunteers, 40 referees, invested 6,000 bottles of yogurt, 6,000 sauerkraut condiments, 3,000 masks, 15,000 bottles of functional drinks, 7,000 copies of convenient fans and other items.
In terms of prize money setting, the half marathon champion prize money is 6,000 yuan, the top 20 half marathon rankings are admitted, and all participants can receive medals, certificates and other souvenirs.
At the same time, the organizing committee will also provide free shuttle service from Matjiang high-speed rail station to the main venue for runners, as well as early breakfast and late check-out services for local hotels in Matjiang. In addition, the organizing committee also provides the participants of the half-distance competition with preferential policies for the Kaizhifeng Scenic Area and the Peony Cherry Blossom World Tourism Ticket, and in addition to running horses, they can also take their families to watch peonies, taste food, appreciate the regional customs of the Mat River, and travel while running horses.
Upstream News Chongqing Morning Post Text/Video Bao Jing