Notice of the State Sports General Administration on the technical grade standards for athletes. According to the provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Athletes' Technical Grades, the General Administration of Sport revised the technical grading standards for athletes, which came into effect in July 2002 1 and1,including the latest grading standards for marathon athletes.
In this latest grading standard, the standards of international athletes and athletes remain unchanged, while the standards of the first, second and third grades have been improved.
In terms of men's players, the men's first class increased from 2 hours and 34 minutes to 2 hours and 32 minutes, the men's second class increased from 3 hours 10 minutes to 2 hours and 52 minutes, and the men's third class increased from 4 hours to 3 hours and 02 minutes.
For female athletes, class 1 was upgraded from 3 hours 19 to 3 hours 10, class 2 was upgraded from 3 hours and 50 minutes to 3 hours and 22 minutes, and class 3 was upgraded from 4 hours 10 to 3 hours and 35 minutes.
Judging from the latest grading standards, the first, second and third grades have been improved to varying degrees, especially the greater the improvement, which indirectly shows that the domestic mass players are running faster and faster. The new level also includes the half marathon level, which is no less difficult than the whole project.