Taroko Gorge International Marathon

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The Taroko Gorge Marathon (official website) is an annual marathon running race held in Taroko National Park in Hualien, Taiwan.

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The race is held in November each year and the marathon and half-marathon had a combined 10,500 runners in 2011. [1] In 2019, the number of runners exceeded 12,000, [2] with over 2,700 runners in the full-marathon category.

Prize money is awarded to the top 10 runners from each gender division. Trophies are also awarded to top finishers in each age-category.

Winners

Key:  Course record

Men

YearAthleteCountryTime [3]
2009 James Cheruiyot Meli Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:24:20
2010蔣介文Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:27:41
2011 Kogei Hosea Kipyego Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:21:39
2019 [4] 蘇志濱Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2:38:48

Women

YearAthleteCountryTime [3]
2009 Esther Wanjiku Mutuku Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:53:24
2010李筱瑜Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3:09:03
2011 Emily Chepkemoi Samoei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:52:36
2019 [4] 黃素娥Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3:04:44

See also

References

http://www.sportsnet.org.tw/en/ Archived 2007-11-17 at the Wayback Machine

  1. ↑ "Taroko Gorge Marathon to add 500 runners this Nov". The China Post. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "2019雲朗觀光太魯閣峽谷馬拉松" . Retrieved 15 Nov 2019.
  3. 1 2 "歡迎來到中華民國路跑協會網站" . Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  4. 1 2 "2019雲朗觀光太魯閣峽谷馬拉松42K敘獎名單" (PDF). Retrieved 15 Nov 2019.


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