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2021 Taipei Marathon

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25th Taipei Marathon
Main visual of the race
VenueTaipei, Taiwan
DateDecember 19, 2021
Competitors28,000 runners
Champions
Men Demeke Kasaw Biksegn (ETH) (2:11:42)
Women Alemtsehay Asifa Kasegn (ETH) (2:30:44)
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The starting point at the Taipei City Hall Square

The 2021 Taipei Marathon was an Elite Label marathon race held in Taipei, Taiwan on December 19, 2021. It was the 25th running of the race.

A Taipei Marathon organize committee made renewal of the race's identify system and route in this edition of the race, the new logo was inspired from the Möbius strip.

Background

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The slogan of the race is "Run the city, the day we reborn". It symbolizes Taiwan, which has surpassed the most dangerous stage of the local epidemic caused by COVID-19.[1][2]

Due to the pandemic, this edition of Taipei Marathon no need to randomly draw for participant qualification. The field is limited to 28,000 runners. (Marathon for 9,000 and half marathon in 18,000)

Runners were required to show them's COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test before entering the starting point.[3]

For higher certification

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Taipei Marathon has been certified as Bronze Label road race by World Athletics in 2019 (Adjustment to the Elite Label classification due to the COVID-19 pandemic). But since then has been no further news about upgrade its certification.

Ko Wen-je, mayor of the city of Taipei says the goal is to successfully apply an Elite Platinum label in 2022.[4]

Elite runners

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Results

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Start time
External videos
video icon "Live broadcast".
video icon "Marathon route guide".
video icon "Half Marathon route guide".
video icon "Highlight".

Marathon

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The elite men's and women's races were won by Ethiopians Demeke Kasaw Biksegn and Alemtsehay Asifa Kasegn, respectively. Taiwanese runner Chou Ting-yin won the domestic champion for two consecutive years, and Tsao Chun-yu was meeting the entry standards for 2022 Asian Games.[5][6]

Elite men's top 10 finishers
Place Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Demeke Kasaw Biksegn  Ethiopia 2:11:42 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aragaw Yitbarek Meseret  Ethiopia 2:14:59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bilal Marhoum  Morocco 2:15:14
4 Vitalis Kwemoi  Uganda 2:17:01
5 Nicodemus Kipkurui Kimutai  Kenya 2:21:09
6 Chou Ting-yin  Taiwan 2:23:13 PB
7 Chiang Chieh-wen  Taiwan 2:23:51
8 Huang Wei-hen  Taiwan 2:28:46
9 Tan Huong-leong  Malaysia 2:28:52
10 Ho Chin-ping  Taiwan 2:29:41
Elite women's top 10 finishers
Place Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alemtsehay Asifa Kasegn  Ethiopia 2:30:44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Esther Wanjiru Macharia  Kenya 2:31:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lilia Fisikovici  Moldova 2:32:48
4 Tsao Chun-yu  Taiwan 2:33:51
5 Viktoriia Kaliuzhna  Ukraine 2:34:58
6 Caroline Chepkwony  Kenya 2:36:11
7 Gelane Bulbula Senbete  Ethiopia 2:38:55
8 Chang Chih-hsuan  Taiwan 2:46:37
9 Li Chia-mei  Taiwan 2:52:31
10 Chen Yi-ning  Taiwan 2:53:18

Half marathon

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The top four racers from Taiwan met the entry requirements for the 2021 Summer World University Games.

Elite men's top 10 finishers
Place Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Li Lee-chun  Taiwan 1:07:33
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Huang Hsiang-wei  Taiwan 1:07:38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chou Hsien-feng  Taiwan 1:07:48
4 Wu Jui-en  Taiwan 1:07:48
5 Chiang Yen-lun  Taiwan 1:08:06
6 Shih Yu-tso  Taiwan 1:08:33
7 Chiang Ying-wei  Taiwan 1:08:54
8 Tseng Ting-wei  Taiwan 1:09:25
9 Chou Hung-yu  Taiwan 1:09:59
10 Teng Hsin-chuan  Taiwan 1:10:19
Elite women's top 10 finishers
Place Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Su Feng-ting  Taiwan 1:17:06 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lai Ting-hsuan  Taiwan 1:17:58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) You Ya-jyun  Taiwan 1:18:15
4 Li Hsin-rong  Taiwan 1:22:07
5 Lo Pei-chi  Taiwan 1:22:42
6 Wu Ming  Taiwan 1:23:47
7 Cheng Chun-chih  Taiwan 1:24:09
8 Chiu Yu-cheng  Taiwan 1:25:25
9 Chen Yen-ling  Taiwan 1:25:39
10 Chen Ya-wen  Taiwan 1:26:44

References

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  1. ^ Zheng Kuang-yu. "這兩天不搶就等明年 跑動臺北馬拉松 那日我們重生". don1don (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  2. ^ Huang Qiu-lun. "台北馬拉松疫情中重生 開放報名讓世界看見台灣". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  3. ^ Chen Yu-ting. "2021台北馬拉松報名啟動 附健康證明可脫口罩跑". Central News Agency (Taiwan) (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  4. ^ Du Yi-chun. "臺北馬拉松「免戴口罩」開跑 盼朝菁英白金標籤邁進". ETtoday (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  5. ^ James Koech. "Demeke Kasaw Biksegn wins the 2021 Taipei Marathon". Athletics News. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  6. ^ Tseng Sih-ju. "路跑/感謝蔣介文破風、周庭印台北馬拉松破PB連霸". udn.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2022-08-26.