| Competition: | 25th Taipei Marathon |
| Date: | December 19, 2021 |
| Venue: | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Competitors: | 28,000 runners |
| Men Win Value: | 2:11:42 |
| Women Win Value: | 2:30:44 |
| Prev: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The 2021 Taipei Marathon was an Elite Label marathon race held in Taipei, Taiwan on December 19, 2021. It was the 25th running of the race.
A Taipei Marathon organize committee made renewal of the race's identify system and route in this edition of the race, the new logo was inspired from the Möbius strip.
The slogan of the race is "Run the city, the day we reborn". It symbolizes Taiwan, which has surpassed the most dangerous stage of the local epidemic caused by COVID-19.[1] [2]
Due to the pandemic, this edition of Taipei Marathon no need to randomly draw for participant qualification. The field is limited to 28,000 runners. (Marathon for 9,000 and half marathon in 18,000)
Runners were required to show them's COVID-19 vaccination or negative COVID-19 test before entering the starting point.[3]
Taipei Marathon has been certified as Bronze Label road race by World Athletics in 2019 (Adjustment to the Elite Label classification due to the COVID-19 pandemic). But since then has been no further news about upgrade its certification.
Ko Wen-je, mayor of the city of Taipei says the goal is to successfully apply an Elite Platinum label in 2022.[4]
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The elite men's and women's races were won by Ethiopians Demeke Kasaw Biksegn and Alemtsehay Asifa Kasegn, respectively. Taiwanese runner Chou Ting-yin won the domestic champion for two consecutive years, and Tsao Chun-yu was meeting the entry standards for 2022 Asian Games.[5] [6]
| Place | Athlete | Nationality | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demeke Kasaw Biksegn | 2:11:42 | |||
| Aragaw Yitbarek Meseret | 2:14:59 | |||
| Bilal Marhoum | 2:15:14 | |||
| 4 | Vitalis Kwemoi | 2:17:01 | ||
| 5 | Nicodemus Kipkurui Kimutai | 2:21:09 | ||
| 6 | Chou Ting-yin | 2:23:13 | ||
| 7 | Chiang Chieh-wen | 2:23:51 | ||
| 8 | Huang Wei-hen | 2:28:46 | ||
| 9 | Tan Huong-leong | 2:28:52 | ||
| 10 | Ho Chin-ping | 2:29:41 |
| Place | Athlete | Nationality | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alemtsehay Asifa Kasegn | 2:30:44 | |||
| Esther Wanjiru Macharia | 2:31:54 | |||
| 2:32:48 | ||||
| 4 | Tsao Chun-yu | 2:33:51 | ||
| 5 | 2:34:58 | |||
| 6 | 2:36:11 | |||
| 7 | Gelane Bulbula Senbete | 2:38:55 | ||
| 8 | Chang Chih-hsuan | 2:46:37 | ||
| 9 | Li Chia-mei | 2:52:31 | ||
| 10 | Chen Yi-ning | 2:53:18 |
The top four racers from Taiwan met the entry requirements for the 2021 Summer World University Games.
| Place | Athlete | Nationality | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Li Lee-chun | 1:07:33 | |||
| Huang Hsiang-wei | 1:07:38 | |||
| Chou Hsien-feng | 1:07:48 | |||
| 4 | Wu Jui-en | 1:07:48 | ||
| 5 | Chiang Yen-lun | 1:08:06 | ||
| 6 | Shih Yu-tso | 1:08:33 | ||
| 7 | Chiang Ying-wei | 1:08:54 | ||
| 8 | Tseng Ting-wei | 1:09:25 | ||
| 9 | Chou Hung-yu | 1:09:59 | ||
| 10 | Teng Hsin-chuan | 1:10:19 |
| Place | Athlete | Nationality | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Su Feng-ting | 1:17:06 | |||
| Lai Ting-hsuan | 1:17:58 | |||
| You Ya-jyun | 1:18:15 | |||
| 4 | Li Hsin-rong | 1:22:07 | ||
| 5 | Lo Pei-chi | 1:22:42 | ||
| 6 | Wu Ming | 1:23:47 | ||
| 7 | Cheng Chun-chih | 1:24:09 | ||
| 8 | Chiu Yu-cheng | 1:25:25 | ||
| 9 | Chen Yen-ling | 1:25:39 | ||
| 10 | Chen Ya-wen | 1:26:44 |