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Asia’s first Green Gold Label event “2023Wanjinshi Marathon“Debut today, the French-Japanese mixed-race “goddess of long-distance running” Lei Lisa, who aims to run into the Paris Olympics, won the domestic marathon women’s championship in 2 hours, 46 minutes and 24 seconds, and “Black Whirlwind” Chiang Kai-wen won in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 06 seconds The first place in the domestic men’s group left a special record for himself.

The 2023 New Taipei City Wanjinshi Marathon was held today by New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi and the worldtrack and fieldGeneral Observer Alessio Punzi, Ministry of EducationSports DepartmentPresident Zheng Shizhong, Chairman of the Republic of China Athletics Association Ye Zhengyan and others fired the starting gun for 11,000 runners in Wanli Emerald Bay. With the first LED starting arch in Taiwan and the most fashionable visual design this year, it replaced the large canvas in the past. The provision of a single piece of information, combined with animations, pictures and texts, and well-designed encouragement for finishing the race when running to the finish line have become new highlights of this year.


This year, a total of 12 international elite athletes from Bahrain, Spain, Ethiopia, and Kenya came to Taiwan. A total of 33 countries, 300 foreign runners, and more than 11,000 runners participated. In the end, the top three in the marathon men’s group were Kenya The Asian contestants took the lead. Barnabas Kiptum, who came to Taiwan for the first time, won the championship in 2 hours, 11 minutes and 57 seconds. The domestic player “Black Whirlwind” Chiang Kai-wen won the domestic men’s championship in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 06 seconds.

Jiang Jiewen said that today’s results have reached the goal set by himself, and he scored a high score of 90 points for himself, and it is the first time to win the trophy of the gold label event, which is of special significance.

The top 3 places in the women’s marathon group were won by athletes from Ethiopia. Bekelech Gudeta broke the conference record with a time of 2 hours, 29 minutes and 25 seconds. In addition to the first prize of 30,000 US dollars, another 10,000 US dollars was awarded Breaking the record prize money of the conference; Lei Lisa, who won the Taipei Marathon champion at the end of last year, won the index contest championship after 2 hours, 46 minutes and 24 seals.

This year’s Wanjinshi Marathon is the first Green Gold Label event in Asia. Except for the runners’ racing suits and finishing material bags, which are made of recycled materials, the post-race supplies are made from local ingredients. The clothing bags can also be used as special garbage bags , and before the competition, a series of 21 Challenge Run street running activities were held in various districts of New Taipei City, with a cumulative distance of 1,082 kilometers and more than 1.26 tons of garbage cleared. Hou Youyi emphasized that reusing and reducing waste is the first step in environmental sustainability, and hopes that the New Taipei City Wanjinshi Marathon will become a leader in environmental sustainability.

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