2022 New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon

The 2022 New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon (Chinese: 2022年新北市萬金石馬拉松) was the twentieth edition of the annual marathon race in New Taipei City, the competition was held on Sunday 20 March 2022 and around 11,000 people join the races. The marathon events were won by Kenyan Felix Kimutai and Ethiopian Motu Megersa, Taiwanese runners Chou Ting-Yin and Lee Jia-Mei were the domestic first place.^[1][2]

2022 New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon
Date	20 March 2022
Location	Wanli District, New Taipei City  Republic of China (Taiwan)
Event type	Road running
Distance	Challenge run（10KM） Marathon（42.195KM）
Primary sponsor	Fubon Financial Holding Co. Mizuno Acer Inc. Pacific Construction Co., Ltd.
Established	6:30 AM
Course records	Challenge run： Lee Li-chun (Men)：31:40 Lai Ting-Hsuan (Women)：36:09 Marathon： Kimutai Felix (Men)：2:18:24 Gedefa Motu Megersa (Women)：2:49:17
Official site	https://wanjinshi-marathon.com.tw

Background

On 25 October 2021, New Taipei City Government held the registration announcement press conference, the logo and slogan of the 2022 race are first in public. The slogan is "One of Us".

Prize

Ranking/ Group Marathon Unit: USD Challenge run Unit: NTD Champion US$30,000[Note 1][Note 2] NT$10,000 2nd US$20,000 NT$9,000 3rd US$10,000 NT$8,000 4th US$5,000 NT$7,000 5th US$4,000 NT$6,000 6th US$3,000 NT$5,000 7th US$2,000 NT$4,000 8th US$1,500 NT$3,000 9th US$1,200 NT$2,000 10th US$1,000 NT$1,000 Remark Top 3 in the marathon and challenge run was able to receive a Garmin Forerunner smartwatch.

Invited elite runners

Men Player Nationality Group Personal best World ranking Gizaw Bekele Megerssa  Ethiopia Marathon 2:08:03 355 Justus Kipkogei Kangogo  Kenya 2:13:34 360 Felix Kimutai  Kenya 2:09:23 28 Stephen Chebogut  Kenya 2:05:52 120 Women Player Nationality Group Personal best World ranking Motu Megersa  Ethiopia Marathon 2:27:48 403

Results

Marathon

Challenge run

Media

External videos
"TVBS live broadcast".
"Official YouTube broadcast (Mute)".
"Highlight".

New Taipei Sports Party

Finisher medal tunnel in the 2022 WJS Marathon expo

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the race, New Taipei City Government, Sports Office named the marathon expo as "Go Pai! New Taipei Sports Party". There had a city image public art using wine basket and the tunnel of finisher medals in previous years WJS Marathon on this three day expo.^[3][4]

Two professional basketball teams set in New Taipei City (Kings, CTBC DEA) were also invited in this expo, and held a small fan meeting.

See also

• New Taipei City Wan Jin Shi Marathon

Notes

1. Smash the race record is able to gain US$10,000 besides prize.
2. Marathon records：
   Men is 2:11:17（Record smasher: Mathew Kipsaat from Kenya in 2019.）
   Women is 2:34:08（Record smasher: Naomi Jepkogei Maiyo from Kenya in 2019.）