On the 6th Beijing time, the official website of IAAF updated the competition calendar. It is worth noting that in 2020, the Shanghai marathon was officially upgraded to a white gold standard event, which is also the first platinum standard event in China.
'platinum event' is a new certification label for road running events added by IAAF at the end of 2018, which means a higher standard and service quality than 'gold event'.
Last November, the World Athletics Federation announced the first batch of seven white gold standard events. There are two in Japan: Tokyo Marathon, Nagoya Women's marathon, and the other five are Seoul marathon in South Korea, Boston Marathon in the United States, London Marathon in the United Kingdom, Bogota half marathon in Colombia and Berlin Marathon in Germany.
The Shanghai marathon, which was upgraded to the 'platinum standard event', has a long history of running the event. Since its inception, the race has been famous for its flat track, professional service and conducive to creating Pb at home and abroad. Whether it is the guarantee of the race or the level of running the race, it is second to none in the domestic marathon.
In 1996, the "Shanghai International Marathon" was officially named and regularly held every year.
In 2012, the event was rated as the 'gold standard' by the IAAF, which is also China's third 'gold standard' Full Marathon after the Beijing marathon and Xiamen marathon. In the same year, Shangma was also rated as a gold medal event by the China Farmland Association.
Since then, the scale and quality of the event have developed continuously. The launch of 2019 was held on November 17. 38000 runners participated in the event, and many foreign excellent players and many domestic famous players such as Li Zhixuan, cirenzom, he Yinli, dobujie and Yang Dinghong were invited.
Becoming the IAAF white gold standard event is not only an all-round recognition of the Shanghai marathon, but also the event itself is bound to face more rigorous evaluation and examination. After that, what kind of answer can you hand over? We'll see.
Source: chinanews.com