Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 2 (reporter Wang Yong) GAC Group Trumpchi. 2019 Beijing International Long-distance Running Festival-Beijing half marathon will start at Tiananmen Square on 14th. The half-horse scores of the contestants who participated in the competition reached the half-horse standard of the star-rated athletes of Beijing Marathon, and they could get the pass-through qualification of Beijing marathon that year.
The organizing committee held a press conference on the 2nd to inform the preparations for this competition. The game will start at 7 am on the 14th. The scale of the event is 20000 people. The starting point is Tiananmen Square, and the ending point is the celebration square in the central area of the Olympic Park landscape avenue. The competition route basically follows the classic route of Beijing half horse, and on this basis, it is optimized and improved, taking into account the cultural landscape and track conditions, so that players can obtain unique competition experience. The distance of “family running” set by half horses in Beijing in the destination area is about 2 kilometers, and there will be 500 groups of families participating.
At the press conference, the organizing committee also announced the “long-distance running knot” of the medal after the competition. The medal adopts the innovative concept of combining traditional Chinese knot with modern track, it reflects the heritage of Chinese culture and a long history of events, and implies the competitive spirit of perseverance, courage and fearless challenge.
In order to build the “National Horse series”, this year’s Beijing Half Marathon will be linked with the Beijing Marathon held in the second half of the year. According to the competition rules, beijing’s half-horse score reaches the half-horse standard in the evaluation of Beijing marathon star runners, and you can get the North horse straight qualification that year.
It is reported that this year’s Beijing half horse will also be divided according to the standards of Beijing Marathon for the first time according to the registration results to help the players create good results. In addition, a total of 90 security channels are set in the starting point inspection area, among which 10 security channels without saving packages are set.