Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2024
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2024
The Hong Kong sports event is wave after wave. The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2024 will be held on January 21 next year. Registration is accepted from “qualified runners” and “reserved quota applications”, while applications from the general public will be accepted from the 21st of next month. In addition, the Asian Marathon Championships will also be held at the same venue. This is the fifth time that the event has been held in Hong Kong, and it is also the first event resumed after the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, “Mr. Wan Jin and Miss” will continue to be established. The runners of the men’s Sub3 and women’s Sub330 in the Marathon will receive a prize of HK$10,000.
As in the past, ZMA 2024 has 5 events: full marathon, half marathon, 10km, 10km wheelchair race and wheelchair race experience group; the full marathon and half marathon start from Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, and the 10km Eastern Corridor as the starting point . The 10-kilometer wheelchair race and the wheelchair race will start at the Wanchai Sports Ground, and all races will end at Victoria Park. The organizer stated that runners will still be allowed to store their bags on the race day. The number of participants this year has returned to the pre-epidemic level of 74,000. Guan Qi, chairman of the Hong Kong Athletic Association of China, said that it reflects that Hong Kong has fully returned to normal. He also mentioned that the competition was originally scheduled to be held in November, but he believes that the weather in January will be more comfortable and stable, so it will be held in January after consultation with the government.
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2024
Ng Yu-ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Athletic Federation, said that after discussions with relevant government departments, runners are allowed to store their luggage at the starting point on the morning of the race day in principle, but he believes that there will be certain security checks in response to security requirements , will discuss the arrangement with the government again, and will announce the details after implementation. As for runners who did not register in February this year, they “competed” in the 25th Standard Chartered Marathon without authorization. Guan Qi pointed out that he hoped that this year’s event would maintain a good order and, as in the past, only registered athletes and staff were allowed to enter the track. , to keep everyone safe.
This year, Zama will also hold the Asian Marathon Championships at the same venue. Elite runners from 44 Asian regions and countries including the Mainland and Japan will compete with Hong Kong athletes. This year, the conference continues to set up a special marathon reward program “Mr./Ms. Wan Jin”. Hong Kong permanent residents who participate in the marathon challenge group will receive a special bonus of 10,000 yuan if they finish within 3 hours for men and 3 hours and 30 minutes for women. Huen Huiyi, Regional Chief Executive Officer (Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau) of Standard Chartered Bank, said that the relevant arrangement hopes to encourage local runners to compete with international runners.
2023-08-30 21:47:08
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