After two years, the Hengqin Marathon, the most popular and dynamic large-scale sports event in the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, has finally returned to runners.

On February 2, Hengqin Financial Island was full of people and atmosphere, and the classic event returning after the epidemic was exciting, and 26,12000 runners from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area set off from the Central Park of the financial island with powerful steps and greeted the morning sun With a record-breaking time, he won the all-Malaysian men's championship in 2 hours, 14 minutes and 56 seconds; Chen Weifen from Shandong Province won the women's championship in Malaysia with a time of 2 hours, 41 minutes and 52 seconds.

2022 Hengqin Life Hengqin Marathon

Started in 2018, the Hengqin Marathon is a unique 'island roundabout' marathon in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, which has been successfully held for four sessions, and in 2020 was rated as the bronze medal event and the most beautiful track event of the Chinese Athletic Association, attracting many runners to sign up with its high-quality track and beautiful scenery along the way.

This year's Hengqin Life Hengqin Marathon is certified by the Chinese Athletic Association, co-sponsored by the Executive Committee of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, Zhuhai Huafa Group and Macao Nanguang Group, organized by Huafa Sports and Nanguang Cultural and Creative Industries, supported by the Chinese Athletic Association and the Macao Athletics Federation, and guided by the Guangdong Athletics Association.

The scale of this event reached 12000,3000 participants, including 6000,3000 marathons, 500,<> half-marathons and <>,<> mini-marathons. This year's event attracted more than <> Macao runners, a multiplication increase over the previous marathon, and the Hengqin Marathon provides a platform for the joint development and exchange between Zhuhai and Macao, and is gradually becoming an effective channel for Macao citizens to further understand Hengqin and Zhuhai, promote the deepening of sports cooperation between Guangdong and Macao, and contribute sports power to the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

At 7:30 a.m. that day, the runner team gathered in Central Park, and the moment the starting gun sounded, the runners rushed out of the starting point in the high-frequency rhythm of the drum, passing a number of landmark buildings and scenic spots in the Hengqin Cooperation Zone along the way, enjoying the new era of development of the Hengqin Cooperation Zone in the scenery of mountains and seas connected and the integration of science and technology and nature, and rushing to the new future of the Hengqin Cooperation Zone together with a healthy posture.

At 9:44, with the first player to cross the line, the race also entered an exciting phase. In the end, Cen Wanjiang and Jote Wubshet Demisse and Outoya Gelgelo Tona from Ethiopia won the men's share First and second runner-up in the all-Malaysia event; In the women's all-horse event, three Chinese players, including Chen Weifen, Yao Yuzhou and Zhu Dandan, won the top three places.

Men's All-Horse Champion Cen Wanjiang

Women's All-Malaysia Champion Chen Weifen

All Malaysia Men's Champion and Third Runner-up

Women's Champion and Third Runner-up

Cen Wanjiang, who participated in the Hengqin Marathon for the first time, broke the meeting record with 2 hours and 14 minutes, which was 2 minutes faster than the previous champion in 17 hours and 3 minutes. Cen Wanjiang said: 'When I first arrived in Hengqin, I liked the environment very much, and I enjoyed this track all the way today, and I look forward to continuing to participate in the next competition.' ”

In the half-marathon competition, runners Di Gang, Wu Mingyao and Wang Kun won the first and second places in the men's category, while Pan Hong, Chen Liqin and Chen Xiaolan ranked the top three in the women's category.

Half-horse men's championship and runner-up

Half horse women's champion and runner-up

This year's event attracted more than 500 Macao compatriots, and Wang Kun, a physical education teacher from Macau Baptist High School, won the half-horse marathon champion in Hong Kong and Macau Competing in the Hengqin Marathon for the second time, he finished second in the men's half horse category in the 2020 race, and although he finished third in today's race, he was happy to participate in this sports event again. 'It's like taking part in a carnival on your doorstep!' Wang Kun said.

Mr Wang, from Macau, signed up for the Half Horse race, his fifth marathon.

'I came from Macau early this morning, and it only took half an hour from leaving home to arriving at the venue, which is so convenient!' Mr. Wang said that this is his first time participating in a marathon in the mainland, and he feels that the number of participants is very large and the atmosphere is very good.

In this event, the 'Public Welfare Hengqin Marathon' continued to show its charm. Since the first Hengqin Marathon in 2018, the China White Dolphin Protection Public Welfare Running Group has participated in four consecutive editions.

The running group has more than 200 members, composed of athletes from Zhuhai Disabled Persons' Federation, staff of White Dolphin Sanctuary and Mangrove Reserve, parent-child families, and volunteers from public welfare organizations such as Huafa Public Welfare Foundation, Red Cross, Municipal Charity Federation, and Municipal Volunteer Federation. In this year's event, the members of the running group wore white dolphin-themed T-shirts and gathered at the back of the mini marathon track, picking up garbage on the track while running, and practicing the road of green environmental protection with solid and powerful steps.

In February this year, the Regulations on the Promotion of the Development of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin were promulgated to support the development of cultural tourism industries such as leisure and vacation, conference and exhibition, stage performance, sports event tourism, yacht tourism and other cultural tourism industries in the Cooperation Zone, and to build Hengqin International Leisure Tourism Island at a high level.

Previously, with the support and guidance of the People's Livelihood Affairs Bureau of the Guangdong-Macao Intensive Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, the establishment of the Sports Federation of the Cooperation Zone will play a very important role in further prospering and developing the cultural and sports undertakings of the Cooperation Zone and promoting the national fitness movement.

In the future, the Federation will give full play to its role as a link and bridge connecting the government and sports enterprises, promote the establishment of a high-standard management and service system for sports enterprises in the Cooperation Zone, and actively link up with cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to promote the flowering of various sports events in Hengqin, help the development of national fitness sports in Zhuhai, enhance the vitality of the city, and help the integration of sports in Qinqin and Macao and the high-quality development of the sports industry.