Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 12 (Reporter Wu Junkuan) Overseas Chinese Town · Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon in 2019 will be fired on the 21st. The organizer of the event held a press conference in Beijing on the 12th to inform the organization of the event and announced that Yangzhou would bid for the 2022 IAAF World Half Marathon Championship.
According to the introduction, the world half marathon was founded in 1992 and is currently held every two years. Nanning held the event in 2010. If Yangzhou successfully bid this time, it will become the second Chinese city to hold the event.
Shuitao, director of the social activities department of the track and field Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports and deputy secretary general of the China Track and Field Association, said at the press conference that “Yangma” has been rated as the gold standard road race of the IAAF since 2013, this year has been the seventh year. As the only “double gold” semi-horse race in China that has won the gold standard of IAAF and the gold medal certification of China IAAF, Yangma can be regarded as the “benchmark” race of domestic half marathon. Yangzhou has the feasibility of bidding for the 2022 World Half Marathon Championship in the aspects of the ability to host events, the experience of holding international competitions and concentrating on running competitions.
According to another introduction, Yangma continued to be co-sponsored by China Association of Tian FA, CCTV sports channel, Jiangsu Sports Bureau and Yangzhou municipal government in 2019. There are two major events: Half Marathon and mini marathon. The route is consistent with that in 2018. At that time, 35000 players from 40 countries and regions around the world will participate, among them, there are more than 100 international high-level athletes and domestic professional athletes.