Another domestic marathon event was postponed. On the evening of October 29, the Hangzhou Marathon Organizing Committee issued an announcement that the 2021 Hangzhou Marathon, which was originally scheduled to be held on November 7, will be postponed, and runners who cannot continue to participate can apply for a refund of the registration fee. Nandu reporter noted that since October, dozens of events such as the Beijing Marathon, wuhan marathon, and Chengdu marathon have been postponed, and the Hohhot Marathon has been cancelled after two postponements.
On October 17, Zhejiang Jiande Xin'anjiang Marathon started. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Xu Yu
The Hangzhou Marathon Organizing Committee said that the postponement of the event was a decision made to protect the life safety and physical health of the majority of runners in view of the recent impact of the epidemic in some parts of China. If the participants who have successfully registered can continue to participate in the competition if the event restarts, the organizing committee will retain their participation quota. Players who choose to retain their qualifications must continue to comply with the competition requirements and relevant epidemic prevention regulations in the Competition Regulations and Registration Instructions.
Nandu reporter noted that since October, dozens of events such as the Beijing Marathon, Wuhan Marathon, Nanchang Marathon, and Chengdu Marathon have been postponed due to epidemic prevention and control reasons. For example, the Beijing Marathon Organizing Committee issued an announcement on October 24 that a number of locally confirmed cases outside Beijing have recently occurred in Beijing, and in order to prevent the risk of spread of the epidemic and effectively protect the health and safety of runners, staff and citizens, the organizing committee has carefully studied and made a decision to postpone the event. After the Hohhot Marathon, which was originally scheduled to start on June 20, was postponed twice due to factors such as epidemic prevention and control, the organizing committee announced on October 27, "Affected by the current epidemic factors, in order to prevent the risk of the spread of the epidemic, it was decided to cancel the 2021 Hohhot Marathon." ”
Nandu previously reported that from 2011 to 2019, the marathon market in China was generally in a stage of rapid growth, but due to the impact of the new crown epidemic and other factors, from 2020 to 2021, the holding of marathon events, especially cross-country races, has stagnated to varying degrees. In particular, in May this year, after the Gansu Baiyin 100-kilometer cross-country race caused major casualties, the State General Administration of Sport issued a number of documents requiring all localities to suspend new high-risk sports events such as mountain cross-country and ultra-long-distance running, carry out comprehensive risk investigation of all events, strengthen the safety management of road running events (including marathons, half marathons, 10 kilometers, 5 kilometers, etc.), and strengthen safety supervision services for sports events.
Written by: Nandu reporter Liu Miao
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