Before the pandemic, the legendary “New York Road Runners” marathon created in 1970 attracted more than 250,000 tourists each year, for an economic impact estimated at $ 415 million in 2015. Thousands of foreign runners, including European and British nationals, Indian and Chinese, will not be able to participate in the mythical New York Marathon on November 7 , eve of the reopening of the borders of the United States closed for a year and a half.
33,000 people in all were registered for the race
It is a discreet statement from the organizers of the race, NYRR, published Friday evening on their website, which acknowledged that the announcement that same Friday by the White House, the seat of the presidency, of the reopening of the borders on the 8th. November would de facto prevent thousands of foreigners from running through the streets of New York on November 7.
“International participants who cannot make it to the United States due to the US President’s ban (dating from Donald Trump’s presidency in the spring of 2020, editor’s note) will be eligible to postpone their entry into the New York Marathon 2022, ”the press release said. However, it will be necessary that the rejected participants “demand” their postponement to the 2022 edition between “October 21 and November 3, 2021”, against the sum of “75 dollars”. Before I can re-register early next year. Any cancellation for the 2021 edition will not be refunded.
The New York Marathon, which ends in Central Park after crossing New York’s major bridges, was canceled in 2020, a terrible year for the megalopolis ravaged by the pandemic. The 2021 edition, the fiftieth, was to welcome 33,000 runners, or 60% of the 53,000 registered in 2019. Before the pandemic, the legendary marathon created in 1970 attracted more than 250,000 tourists each year for an economic impact estimated at 415 million. dollars in 2015, or around 360 million euros.
After more than eighteen months of closing its borders, the United States announced on Friday that it would reopen them on November 8 for the millions of travelers banned from entering due to the pandemic, but provided they are vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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