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2022 New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon

The 2022 New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon (Chinese: 2022年新北市萬金石馬拉松) was the twentieth edition of the annual marathon race in New Taipei City, the competition was held on Sunday 20 March 2022 and around 11,000 people join the races. The marathon events were won by Kenyan Felix Kimutai and Ethiopian Motu Megersa, Taiwanese runners Chou Ting-Yin and Lee Jia-Mei were the domestic first place.[1][2]

2022 New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon
Date20 March 2022
LocationWanli District, New Taipei City
 Republic of China (Taiwan)
Event typeRoad running
DistanceChallenge run（10KM）
Marathon（42.195KM）
Primary sponsorFubon Financial Holding Co.
Mizuno
Acer Inc.
Pacific Construction Co., Ltd.
Established6:30 AM
Course recordsChallenge run：
Lee Li-chun (Men)：31:40
Lai Ting-Hsuan (Women)：36:09
Marathon：
Kimutai Felix (Men)：2:18:24
Gedefa Motu Megersa (Women)：2:49:17
Official sitehttps://wanjinshi-marathon.com.tw

Background edit

On 25 October 2021, New Taipei City Government held the registration announcement press conference, the logo and slogan of the 2022 race are first in public. The slogan is "One of Us".

Prize edit

Ranking/ Group Marathon
Unit: USD 		Challenge run
Unit: NTD
Champion US$30,000[Note 1][Note 2] NT$10,000
2nd US$20,000 NT$9,000
3rd US$10,000 NT$8,000
4th US$5,000 NT$7,000
5th US$4,000 NT$6,000
6th US$3,000 NT$5,000
7th US$2,000 NT$4,000
8th US$1,500 NT$3,000
9th US$1,200 NT$2,000
10th US$1,000 NT$1,000
Remark Top 3 in the marathon and challenge run was able to receive a Garmin Forerunner smartwatch.

Invited elite runners edit

Men Player Nationality Group Personal best World ranking
Gizaw Bekele Megerssa   Ethiopia Marathon 2:08:03 355
Justus Kipkogei Kangogo   Kenya 2:13:34 360
Felix Kimutai   Kenya 2:09:23 28
Stephen Chebogut   Kenya 2:05:52 120
Women Player Nationality Group Personal best World ranking
Motu Megersa   Ethiopia Marathon 2:27:48 403

Results edit

Marathon edit

Challenge run edit

Media edit

External videos
  "TVBS live broadcast".
  "Official YouTube broadcast (Mute)".
  "Highlight".

New Taipei Sports Party edit

 
Finisher medal tunnel in the 2022 WJS Marathon expo

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the race, New Taipei City Government, Sports Office named the marathon expo as "Go Pai! New Taipei Sports Party". There had a city image public art using wine basket and the tunnel of finisher medals in previous years WJS Marathon on this three day expo.[3][4]

Two professional basketball teams set in New Taipei City (Kings, CTBC DEA) were also invited in this expo, and held a small fan meeting.

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Smash the race record is able to gain US$10,000 besides prize.
  2. ^ Marathon records：
    Men is 2:11:17（Record smasher: Mathew Kipsaat from Kenya in 2019.）
    Women is 2:34:08（Record smasher: Naomi Jepkogei Maiyo from Kenya in 2019.）

References edit

  1. ^ Wang Hung-kuo; James Lo; Lee Hsin-Yin. "Kenyan runner wins 2022 New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  2. ^ Joanna. "【萬金石馬】「印帝」周庭印 重返國內男子冠軍寶座！ 李佳玫 逆風下摘國內女子后冠！". Running Biji. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  3. ^ 王峻昌. "新北最大運動派對3月17日至20日新莊體育館 揪你入派". Newtalk News. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  4. ^ 曾佳俊. "新北萬金石路跑「運動派對」明起登場　20年獎牌隧道超吸睛". Apple Daily. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
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