Xinhuanet sports Xi’an, March 8th, the 7th afternoon at 3 o’clock, “the Belt and Road Initiative” Shaanxi Xi’an (Samsung) · 2019 City Wall International Marathon (hereinafter referred to as “City horse”) the 7-day pre-registration officially ended, finally, a total of 42331 running enthusiasts participated in the 2019 City horse pre-registration.
Chengma decided the runner’s qualification in the form of “pre-registration and post-lottery payment” this year. Within 30 minutes of pre-registration, the number of applicants had exceeded 10,000. After the pre-registration, according to statistics, 25 countries and regions, 32 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, including China, the United States, Brazil, Germany, Russia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Australia, Pakistan, Japan and South Korea, A total of 42331 athletes participated in the pre-registration of the city horse. The total number of pre-applicants has increased by more than 10,000 compared with previous years.
As a marathon that sets the track on the wall of the whole ancient city, the city horse not only makes domestic runners flock to it, but also many foreign runners are attracted by the City Wall Marathon. In order to allow more foreign runners interested in Chinese traditional culture to come to China, Xi’an, and have close contact with the history of the 13th dynasty, this year chengma cooperated with many foreign Marathon registration platforms, it provides a convenient entry channel for foreign runners around the world, allowing more runners abroad to have the opportunity to enjoy the elegant demeanour of the ancient city wall.
This year is the 25th year of the city wall marathon. Since the “thirteen dynasties” event was built in 2016, the influence of chengma event has been continuously improved. According to the analysis of the final registration data, more than 40000 runners should compete for 4500 competition places after removing 500 sponsor places and media places, after calculation, the successful rate of chengma this year will be as low as 10.6.