Xiangyang Marathon 2023 is a marathon event sponsored by Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau and Xiangyang Municipal People's Government and undertaken by Xiangyang Culture and Tourism Bureau. 2023122 at 7: 30 am, 10, the activity started in Zhuge Liang Square, Xiangyang City. The total scale of this competition has been expanded from the previous18,000 to 20,000, including 5,000 marathon runners, 7,000 half marathon runners and 8,000 healthy runners.
The holding of Xiangyang Marathon, a large-scale event, will help Xiangyang vigorously promote the construction of healthy Xiangyang, extensively carry out national fitness activities, help to create a national civilized city and a national sports fitness demonstration city, and accelerate the high-quality development of Xiangyang metropolitan area. Xiangma deeply integrates sports with urban culture and tourism, opening more development windows for Xiangyang.
History of Xiangyang Marathon
Xiangyang Marathon was founded in June 20 17 and has been successfully held for three times. 20 17 the first horse race won the bronze medal match of China Athletics Association and the red cultural characteristic match. In 20 18, Xiangma stood out from the national 158 1 marathon events and became an important stop in the theme activities of "Running China" marathon series, which was successfully upgraded to a "silver medal event".
In 20 19, Xiangyang Marathon was awarded as "Gold Medal Event" by China Athletics Association, and its running effect showed year by year, becoming another beautiful city card of Xiangyang, a thousand-year-old city. The Xiangmasai route solicited the opinions of relevant units and runners, with clear positioning and correct planning, which met the track standard of China Athletics Association A 1 and was praised by runners as "the most beautiful track".