Taiyuan International Marathon is sponsored by China Athletics Association, Shanxi Provincial Sports Bureau and Taiyuan Municipal People's Government, and undertaken by Taiyuan Sports Bureau and LeTV Sports. It was held from 20 10, and cooperated with letv sports in 20 15, which created the history of internet live broadcast of domestic marathon.

Taiyuan International Marathon started in September, 20 10. There are five events: men's and women's marathon (42. 195km), men's and women's half marathon (2 1.0975km) and mini marathon (4.2km). Since then, Taiyuan International Marathon has been held on the first Sunday of September every year.

Taiyuan International Marathon has been successfully held for six times since 20 10, attracting more than 65,438+10,000 participants from nearly 20 countries and regions.

2, Taiyuan International Marathon logo selection

On August 20 10/1 day, the organizing Committee of Taiyuan International Marathon organized relevant personnel to carefully select the collected logos, and * * * selected the first prize 1 piece, the second prize1piece and the third prize. Among them, Zhu of Cangzhou City, Hebei Province won the first prize, Wang of Jinan City, Shandong Province won the second prize, Yi Hai of Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Li Shugui of Datong City, Shanxi Province and Beijing won the third prize respectively.

The 20 contestants who won the logo award were Lu, Lv Guiwa, Lu Erwa, Zhou, Yu Yulong, Jia, Wang Meng, Cen Limin, Liu Zhuchang, Zhang Zisheng, Tianjun Li, Fan Chaoyong, Zhong Xianming, Xue Haiou, Qiao Shigang, Liu Pengfei and Luo Chaojun.

20 10 The solicitation of the logo and slogan of Taiyuan International Marathon ended on August 6th. In nearly half a month, the organizing committee * * * received more than 50 logo entries and more than 60 slogan entries from all over the country1/kloc-0.

3. The meaning of the emblem of Taiyuan International Marathon

The emblem of Taiyuan International Marathon was transformed from the abbreviation of Taiyuan "Bing". By transforming the word "soldier" into the action of two marathon runners sprinting and hitting the line, it embodies the characteristics and marathon spirit of Taiyuan, an ancient humanistic city.