Yesterday morning at 7:10 am, the 24th Xiamen Marathon will kick off at the Xiamen International Convention and Exhibition Center. 35000 runners from 38 countries and regions will welcome the opening ceremony of the 2026 Global Marathon - the world's first white gold standard event of 2026. Due to the fact that the previous male and female champions, as well as the Chinese male and female champions, all returned to Xiamen to participate, this one of the only two World Association of Athletics Federations road running platinum events in China has aroused high expectations from everyone.
At noon the day before yesterday, the Xiamen Malaysia Athletics Meet and Gree was held at the venue of the Malaysia International Fair. In addition to the four defending champions Arega, Sola, Yang Shaohui, and Zhang Xinyan mentioned above, domestic famous players such as Yang Dinghong, Lu Ying, and Huang Xuemei also attended hand in hand.
