4,000 athletes attend the Final of the 50th Hanoi Moi Newspaper Run

On the afternoon of September 22, in Hanoi, Hanoi Moi Newspaper coordinated with the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports to hold a press conference to announce the final round of the 50th Hanoi Moi Newspaper Run - For Peace 2025.

The 50th Hanoi Moi Newspaper Run - For Peace 2025 was assigned by Hanoi City to two agencies: Hanoi Moi Newspaper, Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports as the permanent co-organizers. The launching ceremony took place on March 23 at the Ba Kieu Temple flower garden and around Hoan Kiem Lake along with the Olympic Running Day for the health of all people.

Journalist Lai Ba Ha, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Hanoi Moi Newspaper, spoke at the press conference.

This unique combination has been maintained for 6 years now, so that communes and wards across the city have jointly organized two events, creating a vibrant atmosphere of physical training and sports in the area. With special attention and direction from the city to the grassroots, up to now, most communes and wards in the city have organized grassroots running tests. The number of participants in the test runs exceeded the set target. The quality of the competition has also been significantly improved.

Speaking at the press conference, Mr. Lai Ba Ha, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Hanoi Moi Newspaper, said: “With special attention and direction from the city to the grassroots level, up to now, most communes and wards in the area have organized grassroots-level general running tests. The number of participants in the test runs exceeded the set target. The quality of the competition has also been significantly improved. The final round of the tournament will take place on the morning of September 28. This is one of the key sports activities of Hanoi to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the Capital Liberation Day; 26 years since Hanoi was recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a City for Peace”.

Press conference scene.

The final round of the 50th Hanoi Moi Newspaper Run - For Peace 2025 was attended by more than 4,000 people, including more than 3,000 official competitors and about 1,000 runners who participated in the response run, including athletes and officials from communes, wards, universities, colleges, and vocational high schools in Hanoi. Notably, the race also had the participation of 250 foreigners who are officials and employees of 20 embassies, international organizations, and international schools studying and working in Hanoi.

Athletes compete in 2 categories: amateur and advanced. The amateur category includes the following distances: 1,750m run for men and women in middle and high schools (1 lap around Hoan Kiem Lake); 1,750m run for women from universities, colleges, vocational high schools, and foreigners (1 lap around Hoan Kiem Lake); 3,500m run for men from universities, colleges, vocational high schools, and foreigners (2 laps around Hoan Kiem Lake); 3,500m run for women in production and armed forces (2 laps around Hoan Kiem Lake); 5,250m run for men in production and armed forces (3 laps around Hoan Kiem Lake).

The advanced system is for athletes of provincial, city and industry track and field teams, including: 5,250m women's open race (3 laps around Hoan Kiem Lake); 8,750m men's open race (5 laps around Hoan Kiem Lake). The new feature of this year's season is that there will be an additional competition for sponsors with a distance of 1,750m (men) and 1,750m (women).

The organizing committee will award individual prizes to male and female athletes ranked from 1 to 5; and team prizes to teams ranked from 1 to 3 in each block. First, second and third prizes will be awarded to 3 blocks: Commune and ward block; university, college, vocational high school and vocational training block and extended block. The total prize value is nearly 250 million VND.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/the-thao/4-000-van-dong-vien-tham-du-chung-ket-giai-chay-bao-ha-noi-moi-mo-rong-lan-thu-50-i782125/