2024-03-23 09:34:49
On March 22, the 2024 Chinese Athletics Association Road Running Working Conference was held in Wuxi, Jiangsu. At the meeting, the Guangzhou Marathon was rated as the 2023 Chinese Athletics Association’s most influential event.
2023 can be called a blowout year for China’s road racing. According to the “2023 China Road Running Events Blue Book”, a total of 699 large-scale road running events with more than 800 people will be held across the country in 2023, with a total number of participants of 6.0519 million. The number of events held nationwide in April and November exceeded 100. A total of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have held certification events, of which Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang rank in the top three. The total number of participants in the association’s certification events is 4.1842 million, which is basically the same as in 2019 (4.24 million).
While the scale of the event continues to expand, the competitive performance and public performance of China’s road races have improved by leaps and bounds. Last year, at least 2.5 million people across the country completed “half marathon” or “full marathon” events. Among them, the cumulative number of “full marathon” finishers was 641,700, an increase of 142,700 from 2022, and the cumulative number of “half marathon” finishers was 1.859 million. An increase of 507,500 from 2022.
At the same time, the 16-year-old men’s marathon national record was successively refreshed by He Jie and Yang Shaohui. At present, China’s marathon has male runners He Jie, Yang Shaohui, Feng Peiyou, Wu Xiangdong and female runners Zhang Deshun, Li Zhixuan, Bai Li, and Xia Yuyu Meet the standards for the Paris Olympics. In addition, the number of mass elite runners has reached 80,500, and the number of “Full Marathon” runners who have “broken three” has reached 11,897.
In order to further guide the diversified, distinctive and high-quality development of China’s road running events and give play to the guiding and demonstrative role of high-quality events, the Chinese Athletics Association launched the collection of “Typical Cases of Road Running Events in 2023” and finally selected 84 typical cases for 2023. The cases include 15 cases of city image media communication, 1 case of series brand building, 6 cases of quality improvement through technology empowerment, 11 cases of runner service and experience, 10 cases of sustainable development, 21 cases of integrated development of sports and tourism, and 8 cases of road running culture creation. , 12 influential. Among them, the Guangzhou Marathon was rated as the most influential event of the Chinese Athletics Association in 2023.
The Guangzhou Marathon, founded in 2012, is one of the most growing and eye-catching events. The 2023 Guangzhou Marathon marks the 10th anniversary of the Guangzhou Marathon. The organizing committee adheres to the world vision, international standards, Guangzhou characteristics, and high-level positions, implements the race standards with higher quality, strives to promote the innovative development of the Guangzhou Marathon, and fully demonstrates the economic and social development of Guangzhou. The results of high-quality development demonstrate the city’s strong comprehensive strength and international influence, and have been highly recognized and widely praised by World Athletics, the Chinese Athletics Association and all sectors of society.
Looking back on the development history of the ten events, as a World Athletics Gold Label event, the Guangzhou Marathon has a professional and standardized organization, strict security and transportation organization, strict and comprehensive medical support, meticulous and considerate volunteer services, deeply rooted publicity and promotion, and continuous professionalization and internationalization. Improvement, humanistic connotation has been continuously enriched, and great progress has been made. The honors and achievements obtained by Guangma not only affirm the efforts made in the past, but also put forward higher requirements for Guangma’s future development.
Next, the Guangzhou Marathon will continue to set the benchmark for international advanced city marathons, strictly regulate the event at a high level and with high standards, improve it in a targeted manner, further develop and innovate, and create a well-organized and excellent Guangzhou Marathon experience for the majority of runners. Horse racing. Firmly seize the favorable opportunity to prepare for the 15th National Games and the Paralympic Games in 2025, deepen sports exchanges, expand the influence of the events, continuously enhance mass participation and sense of gain, and make Guangzhou’s new contribution to building a sports power and promoting Chinese-style modernization. .
Text | Reporter Chai Zhi
Picture | Reporter Zhong Zhenbin
Editor: Long Xi
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