Marathon “Chinese Race” plans to add “Breaking Asian Records” related awards to help more athletes achieve breakthroughs-Sports-China Engineering Network

Original title: Marathon “Chinese Race” plans to add “Breaking Asian Records” related awards to help more athletes achieve breakthroughs

China News Service, Beijing, December 5 (Xinhua) Reporters learned on the 5th that the incentive plan of the marathon’s “Chinese Racing” strategy will be upgraded, and it is planned to add “Breaking Asian Records” related awards to help more athletes match the high levels of Asia.

In Fukuoka, Japan, on the 3rd of this month, Chinese marathon runner Yang Shaohui rewrote the Chinese marathon national record for the second time after this year’s Wuxi Marathon, improving the original record of 2:07.30 set by He Jie on March 19 by 21 seconds. The new Chinese marathon record is 2 hours, 07 minutes and 9 seconds.

In 2020, the Chinese Athletics Association and Xtep jointly launched the “Chinese Racing” strategy, which stipulates that Chinese athletes who break the national marathon record will receive a reward of 1 million yuan; men who run within 2 hours and 10 minutes, and women who run within 2 hours and 26 minutes will receive 100,000 yuan reward.

Under the strategic deployment of “Chinese People’s Racing”, China Marathon has done a lot of work to lay the foundation and benefit the long-term. Athletes have achieved results, received corresponding incentives, and gradually formed a competitive echelon, cultivating athletes’ will, quality and international vision. .

According to the provisions of the “Chinese Racing” record-breaking award, the athlete who breaks the Chinese marathon record will receive a bonus of RMB 1 million. This means that Yang Shaohui will receive a million-dollar reward, and he will become the most watched marathon runner in China this year.

Yang Shaohui said that in the past, running 2 hours and 10 minutes was already very impressive, but this year there have been 10 domestic runners who have run under 2 hours and 10 minutes, and others within 2 hours, 9 minutes and 8 minutes. “Nowadays, young people are making rapid progress, which is what I hope to see. If everyone competes with each other, the Chinese marathon will get better and better.”

The 2024 Xiamen Marathon, a platinum-label event that is about to start in January, will once again gather top domestic and foreign athletes. Yang Shaohui said that the China Marathon in 2024 will continue to speed up and the competition will become more intense.

Xiamen Marathon’s top strategic partner and Xtep representative Wang Jiaye said on the 5th that in just over 200 days in 2023, China’s national marathon record was refreshed twice. In addition to inviting international platinum and gold label athletes to participate, Xiamen Marathon 2024 will also Invite these athletes who continue to create Chinese marathon history to compete.

“The higher the level of participating athletes, the more motivation and desire they can inspire. Only by competing with masters can the overall level of Chinese marathon runners be continuously improved.” Wang Jiaye said.

He said that at the 2024 Xiamen Horse Racing Track, Xtep will work with the Chinese Athletics Association to promote the upgrade of the incentive plan for the “Chinese Racing” strategy, and plans to add “Breaking Asian Records” related awards. “I hope to help more athletes break through themselves and align themselves with Asia’s high level.”