2021 Taipei Marathon

25th Taipei Marathon
Main visual of the race
Venue	Taipei, Taiwan
Date	December 19, 2021
Competitors	28,000 runners
Champions
Men	Demeke Kasaw Biksegn (ETH) (2:11:42)
Women	Alemtsehay Asifa Kasegn (ETH) (2:30:44)
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The starting point at the Taipei City Hall Square

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.

Background

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]

For higher certification

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]

Elite runners

Marathon Men's elite Nationality Personal Best Oleksandr Sitkovskyi   Ukraine 2:09:11 Nicodemus Kipkurui Kimutai   Kenya 2:10:00 Bilal Marhoum   Morocco 2:11:20 Vitalis Kwemoi   Uganda 2:11:25 Demeke Kasaw Biksegn   Ethiopia 2:12:12 Aragaw Yitbarek Meseret   Ethiopia 2:14:39 Ho Chin-ping   Taiwan 2:17:42 Chiang Chieh-wen   Taiwan 2:18:17 Chou Ting-yin   Taiwan 2:23:21 Li Ming-sheng   Taiwan 2:30:56 Chen Yu-jen   Taiwan 2:32:01 Wen Lien-chung   Taiwan 2:32:26 Lai Yi-ting   Taiwan 2:35:32 Women's elite Nationality Personal Best Alemtsehay Asifa Kasegn   Ethiopia 2:32:00 Gelane Bulbula Senbete   Ethiopia 2:32:22 Lilia Fisikovici   Moldova 2:27:29 Viktoriia Kaliuzhna   Ukraine 2:27:05 Esther Wanjiru Macharia   Kenya 2:29:17 Caroline Chepkwony   Kenya 2:27:00 Tsao Chun-yu   Taiwan 2:32:41 Hsieh Chien-he   Taiwan 2:40:41 Chang Chih-hsuan   Taiwan 2:46:36 Chu Ying-ying   Taiwan 2:56:49 Li Chia-mei   Taiwan 2:57:52 Yang Chiao-chu   Taiwan 3:02:37

Half Marathon Men's elite Nationality Personal Best Wu Jui-en   Taiwan 1:07:57 Teng Hsin-chuan   Taiwan 1:07:58 Huang Hsiang-wei   Taiwan 1:08:06 Chou Hung-yu   Taiwan 1:08:41 Tseng Ting-wei   Taiwan 1:09:29 Li Fang-chen   Taiwan 1:09:31 Li Qi-ju   Taiwan 1:10:43 Hung Lin-hung   Taiwan 1:10:47 Tsai Cheng-hsuan   Taiwan 1:12:33 Chang Zhe-hao   Taiwan 1:12:50 Women's elite Nationality Personal Best Fu Shu-ping   Taiwan 1:15:41 Chen Yu-hsuan   Taiwan 1:18:26 Chang Yu-chen   Taiwan 1:18:53 Su Feng-ting   Taiwan 1:19:12 Chang Chao-chun   Taiwan 1:22:05

Results

Start time

External videos
"Live broadcast".
"Marathon route guide".
"Half Marathon route guide".
"Highlight".

Marathon

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]}

Elite men's top 10 finishers

Place	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Demeke Kasaw Biksegn	Ethiopia	2:11:42 PB
	Aragaw Yitbarek Meseret	Ethiopia	2:14:59
	Bilal Marhoum	Morocco	2:15:14
4	Vitalis Kwemoi	Uganda	2:17:01
5	Nicodemus Kipkurui Kimutai	Kenya	2:21:09
6	Chou Ting-yin	Taiwan	2:23:13 PB
7	Chiang Chieh-wen	Taiwan	2:23:51
8	Huang Wei-hen	Taiwan	2:28:46
9	Tan Huong-leong	Malaysia	2:28:52
10	Ho Chin-ping	Taiwan	2:29:41

Elite women's top 10 finishers

Place	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Alemtsehay Asifa Kasegn	Ethiopia	2:30:44
	Esther Wanjiru Macharia	Kenya	2:31:54
	Lilia Fisikovici	Moldova	2:32:48
4	Tsao Chun-yu	Taiwan	2:33:51
5	Viktoriia Kaliuzhna	Ukraine	2:34:58
6	Caroline Chepkwony	Kenya	2:36:11
7	Gelane Bulbula Senbete	Ethiopia	2:38:55
8	Chang Chih-hsuan	Taiwan	2:46:37
9	Li Chia-mei	Taiwan	2:52:31
10	Chen Yi-ning	Taiwan	2:53:18

Half marathon

The top four racers from Taiwan met the entry requirements for the 2021 Summer World University Games.

Elite men's top 10 finishers

Place	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Li Lee-chun	Taiwan	1:07:33
	Huang Hsiang-wei	Taiwan	1:07:38
	Chou Hsien-feng	Taiwan	1:07:48
4	Wu Jui-en	Taiwan	1:07:48
5	Chiang Yen-lun	Taiwan	1:08:06
6	Shih Yu-tso	Taiwan	1:08:33
7	Chiang Ying-wei	Taiwan	1:08:54
8	Tseng Ting-wei	Taiwan	1:09:25
9	Chou Hung-yu	Taiwan	1:09:59
10	Teng Hsin-chuan	Taiwan	1:10:19

Elite women's top 10 finishers

Place	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Su Feng-ting	Taiwan	1:17:06 PB
	Lai Ting-hsuan	Taiwan	1:17:58
	You Ya-jyun	Taiwan	1:18:15
4	Li Hsin-rong	Taiwan	1:22:07
5	Lo Pei-chi	Taiwan	1:22:42
6	Wu Ming	Taiwan	1:23:47
7	Cheng Chun-chih	Taiwan	1:24:09
8	Chiu Yu-cheng	Taiwan	1:25:25
9	Chen Yen-ling	Taiwan	1:25:39
10	Chen Ya-wen	Taiwan	1:26:44

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