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 in 2015. Thousands of foreign runners, including European, British, Indian and Chinese nationals, will not be able to not participate in 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.
It is a discreet statement from the organizers of the race, NYRR, published on the evening of Friday, October 15 on their website, which acknowledged that the announcement that same Friday by the White House of the reopening of the borders on November 8 would prevent facto thousands of foreigners to run through the streets of New York on November 7th.
“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 statement said. However, it will be necessary that the rejected participants “claim” 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.
33,000 runners initially registered for the 2021 edition
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.
The organizers of the marathon referred to the list drawn up by the American health authorities of the countries concerned for a year and a half by the travel ban, unless there is an overriding reason: these are all the European countries of the Schengen area, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil, South Africa, India, China and Iran.
The New York marathon – which ends in Central Park after crossing the great bridges of New York – was canceled in 2020, a terrible year for the megalopolis ravaged by the pandemic. The 2021 edition, the 50th, was to welcome some 33,000 runners, or 60% of the 53,000 registered in 2019.
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