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Runners on a check route for the VnExpress Marathon Glowing Quy Nhơn scheduled for June 12. Photograph courtesy of the organisers

HCM CITY — Hundreds of runners will participate within the VnExpress Marathon Glowing Quy Nhơn on June 12, in accordance with the organisers.

Almost 10,000 professionals and amateurs have signed up, a document quantity, because the annual race returns for a 3rd time to the coastal metropolis after being cancelled final yr due to COVID-19.

It’s going to function a full marathon (42.195km), a half marathon (21km) and 10km and 5km races.

Round 1,300 kids aged six to 10 will participate within the one-kilometre race.

The runners will cross by means of the Thị Nại Bridge and streets that supply gorgeous views of the ocean and mountains.

The occasion is aimed toward spreading the sporting spirit in the neighborhood and popularise Bình Định Province’s pure landscapes and pleasant individuals, in accordance with Bùi Trung Hiếu, deputy director of the province’s Tradition and Sports activities Division.

Provincial authorities had been co-ordinating with the organisers for safety, medical care and logistics for the occasion, he stated at a press assembly in HCM Metropolis on Monday.

Whole prizes of greater than VNĐ1 billion (US$42,800) are on provide on the occasion.

Athletes who break nationwide data may even get prizes of electrical vehicles.

The occasion is organised by VnExpress newspaper in co-ordination with the provincial Individuals’s Committee. — VNS