On the morning of March 21, in Tuy Hoa City, the People's Committee of Phu Yen Province and Tien Phong Newspaper jointly held a press conference to inform about the 65th Tien Phong Newspaper National Marathon and Long Distance Championship in 2024.
The 65th Tien Phong Newspaper National Marathon and Long Distance Championship 2024 will take place over 3 days, from March 29 - 31, 2024 in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province.
The tournament is jointly organized by the People's Committee of Phu Yen province, Tien Phong Newspaper, and the Vietnam Athletics Federation and is broadcast live on VTVgo, Phu Yen Radio and Television Station, livestreamed on the social network infrastructure of Tien Phong Newspaper and the Tien Phong Marathon tournament.
Comrade Dao My, Vice Chairman of Phu Yen Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the 65th Tien Phong Newspaper National Marathon and Long Distance Championship informed that this year, Phu Yen province will host the 65th Tien Phong Newspaper National Marathon and Long Distance Championship in the context that the province is focusing on organizing many events and activities to celebrate major holidays of the year, including the 60th anniversary of the unnumbered ship event in Vung Ro (November 2024), the 49th anniversary of Phu Yen liberation (April 2024) and the 35th anniversary of the province's re-establishment (July 2024). At the same time, this is also the time when the locality organizes the Phu Yen Culture - Tourism Week 2024.
Along with the 65th Tien Phong Newspaper National Marathon and Long Distance Championship, there will be coordinated sideline activities, contributing to creating a difference compared to previous Marathons and other sports competitions. Notable activities include visiting and giving gifts, exchanging at border posts, Mui Dien lighthouse; presenting national flags to fishermen and fisheries control forces; visiting veterans of the No-number ship...
More information about the 65th Tien Phong Newspaper National Marathon and Long Distance Championship, Mr. Vu Tien, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Tien Phong Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee of the Tournament said: This is a national athletics championship , gathering all the best athletes of the country, including members of the national team, who have brought glory to the country in regional and international tournaments. In particular, more than 11,000 amateur athletes and dozens of foreign athletes will also come to participate to turn the tournament into a big festival.
According to the Organizing Committee, this year, the Tournament made a big change in both expertise and awards by bringing excellent amateur athletes in the half marathon and marathon distances to the same starting line as advanced athletes, promising an attractive and fierce competition between the best athletes.
In addition to separate awards for the two categories, the Organizing Committee also established a final award structure for the 5 best runners in the 21.1km and 42.195km distances for men and women, regardless of whether they are advanced or amateur athletes, with the motto that the best deserve to be honored.
In addition to bringing amateur athletes to compete directly with advanced athletes, the Organizing Committee also decided to make drastic changes to the prize structure. Accordingly, the half marathon and marathon distances will receive prizes according to 5 age groups, an increase of 2 age groups compared to the previous tournament, including 16 - 29, 30 - 39, 40 - 49, 50 - 59 and 60 years old.
The total value of this year's prize is up to nearly 700 million VND in cash, in addition to in-kind prizes worth billions of VND from sponsoring brands.
Accordingly, the competition distances of this year's tournament include: professional and amateur athletes will compete for individual prizes at distances of 21.1km, 42.195km for men and women in the professional and amateur categories; 10km for professional men, young men, amateur men and women; 5km for professional women, young women, amateur men and women.
In addition to the official competition, the tournament also has a companion race for students, youth union members, armed forces, civil servants and employees of Phu Yen province with the participation of 1,000 people./.
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