The 2023 Hengqin Marathon is scheduled to take place on Sunday, according to the event’s website.
Some 20,000 participants are expected to turn out for the event, with 5,000 of them running a full, 42-kilometre marathon, 10,000 competing in the half marathon, and 5,000 joining a 6-kilometre mini marathon.
All three events will commence and finish at the Central Park of Hengqin Financial Island, with the male and female winners of the full marathon standing to win 30,000 yuan, and half-marathon winners receiving 15,0000 yuan each.
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According to Macao Daily, which spoke with Song Xiaodong, vice president of marathon co-sponsor Nam Kwong Group, the number of Macao participants has increased significantly this year.
Last year’s edition of the marathon was postponed from 8 January to 26 February 2023 due to the pandemic. It attracted just 12,000 participants.
First run in 2018, the marathon is the first major sporting event to be held in Hengqin.
