Registration opens for 2021 Hangzhou Marathon

Online registration has opened for the 2021 Hangzhou Marathon, which will be held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province on Nov 7, according to the event organizers at a news conference held on Sept 23.

Runners can sign up for the event via the official website, Alipay, WeChat, and the "Zheliban" mobile application. They are required to upload the document proving their completion of a marathon after 2020 and the certificate of physical examination completed after Nov 7, 2020.

The 2021 Hangzhou Marathon will consist of a full marathon, a half marathon, a mini marathon, as well as two running events for couples and families respectively.

The total number of contestants this year will be expanded to 40,000, of which 23,000 spots are allocated for the full marathon, 10,000 for the half marathon, 3,000 for the mini marathon, and the remaining for the other two races.

Runners will set out from the city's Huanglong Sports Center. Participants of the full marathon are expected to finish at the Hangzhou Olympic and International Expo Center (the Big Lotus), while participants of the mini marathon will finish at Citizens' Square.

The 2021 Hangzhou Marathon will serve as the qualification trial for the marathon event of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, with qualified participants having the opportunity to run in the marathon event at the Asian Games next year.