Rules & Regulations of 2022 BEIKE BEIJING MARATHON

1. HOST

Chinese Athletics Association

Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports

2.CO-HOST

China Media Group

3.ORGANIZER

Beijing Sports Competitions Administration and International Exchange Center

China Olympic Road Running Co., Ltd.

4.CO-ORGANIZER

Publicity Department of Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Management, Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Beijing Municipal Health Commission, Beijing Emergency Management Bureau, The People’s Government of Beijing Municipality-Tiananmen Management Committee, Beijing Meteorological Service, China Communist Youth League Beijing Committee, Beijing Fire and Rescue Headquarters, Dongcheng District People's Government of Beijing Municipality, Xicheng District People's Government of Beijing Municipality, Chaoyang District People's Government of Beijing Municipality, Haidian District People's Government of Beijing Municipality, Beijing Olympic Park Administration Committee, State Grid Beijing Electric Power Company, Beijing Investment Group Co., Ltd. , Beijing Sports University, Beijing Athletic Association

5.APPROVED ORGANIZATION

World Athletics (WA)

Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS)

6.RACE DATE AND START TIME:

Sunday, 7:30 a.m. November 6, 2022

7.EVENT

Marathon (42.195KM)

8.DIVISIONS

Male Marathon

Female Marathon

9.RACE COURSE

1) Start: Tian’anmen Square, Beijing.

2) Finish: Beijing Olympic Park Landscape Avenue

3) Race Course goes through Dongcheng District, Xicheng District, Haidian District, and Chaoyang District in Beijing.

10. RULES OF COMPETITION

1) The races will be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations of WA&CAA, Label Road Races Regulations and the Race Organizer.

2) All participants must wear the bib number during the race and wear the bib number on the chest. Do not cover the bib number with clothes, waist bags and other items. If the bib number being folded, covered, tore or damaged , the participants will be disqualified from race, unable to Roll-call, unable to obtain the results of the race or the finisher package. If the bib being altered, reproduced, transferred or sold without permission, the participant will be punished according to the penalties of the race.

3) Roll-call: The Roll-call time for general participants is 5:30 a.m.-7:15 a.m. on the race day. Please arrange travel time reasonably and arrive at the starting area early for Roll-call. The participants enter the corresponding assembly zone after going through the bib number check and the identity check. Elite athletes shall go to Roll-call zone with Athletes Registered Card or ID on the north side of the Memorial Hall 40 minutes before the start time.

4) Race Start: All participants start at 7:30 a.m. with one shot in the sequence of elite athletes and general participants (In alphabetical order of gathering area). Wheelchair racing participants need to start at the end of all.

5) Timing:

①  All participants should wear the timing chips correctly, that will start working when the runner cross the start line.Timing chip will be released with bib number at Beijing Marathon EXPO 2022.

②  Timing carpets are placed at the start line, each 5K, half point (21.0975KM), turning point and the finish line. Participants need to go through each timing carpet during the race with qualified race result and race ranking. Result will not be qualified for final ranking if there is any split time point missed.

6) The Cut-off time will be enforced at each checkpoint due to limited duration of traffic control, security operation and event operation. The participants, who fail to pass through the checkpoint before the Cut-off time, will be disqualified from the race. Those who cannot finish the race are suggested to take event vehicle or public transportation to the finish area for storage bag pick-up.

The Cut-off time are based on the gun time (not on the net time):

7) Bag Storage and Pick-up: All participants are requested to storage personal belongings by the bib number at designated area of Tian’anmen Square at 5:30a.m-7:15a.m. Do not take any prohibited items and liquid into the start area. Please do not put valuables in your storage bag (such as mobile phone, ID, cash, keys, credit card, iPad, etc.). Participants should take responsibility for any losses incurred under the bag storage rules.

Bag pick-up will be available until 14:45 (GMT+8) on race day at finish area. The organizing committee will keep the bags for who can not pick up on time on the race day for one week only, participants need to pick up bag at the organizing committee with your personal ID and bib number. Unclaimed bags will be handled by the organizing committee.

8) Water, Energy Drink and Refreshments Stations:

9) Toilets, Mist station and Environmental Protection:

 ①   Temporary toilets are settled at start area, each 1K from 2KM to 5KM point, each 2.5K from 5KM to 40KM point and finish area.

 ②   Committee will set the mist station according to the weather condition.

 ③   All participants have responsibility for environmental protection and not allowed urinate, defecate or discard any trash.

10) Medical Aid

 ①   Medical aid stations will be located at the start area(each 2.5K after 5KM and the finish area) and medical service points along the course. On-site medical staff reserve the right to stop a participant from the race out of the best interest of the participant’s health and welfare. Participants should stop racing if ordered to do so by officials. Otherwise, participants are responsible for any medical expense incurred.

 ②   AED will be provided along the race course as well.

 ③   Referring to the latest standards of prevention and control of the COVID-19 situation in Beijing, the Organizing Committee carry out the elimination work and equip with COVID-19 prevention supplies for the temporary construction facilities of the event.

11) Doping control is conducted under WA Competition Rules and Chinese Anti-Doping Regulations.

12) Other matters relate to the race please refer to the OFFICIAL PROGRAM.

11. REGISTRATION

1)  Eligibility for Registration

 ①   General Participants

• All the entrants should be Beijing permanent population.
  Note: Foreign people in Beijing must register with passport, valid visa, and proof of residence in Beijing for at least six months.

• All the entrants should be over 20 years old (born before December 31, 2002).

• Marathon result within 6 hours or Half Marathon result within 3 hours since Jan. 1 2019 to Aug.31 2022. The experience of virtual marathon will not be accepted.

 ②   Elite athletes

The LOC will invite the best domestic professional athletes to the race as special elite athletes.

2) COVID-19 prevention policy

 ①   General Participants

• All the participants should be not leave Beijing within 7 days before the day when you pick-up the race package. Do not leave Beijing from the date of pick-up to the date of race.

• All the participants must comply with the epidemiological history screening within 10 days before the race without abnormality (see the Registration Notice for details).

• All the participants should register with BEIJING Health Kit,and the health code is normal.(if there is a pop-up window, the entrants will not be able to race, and the organizing committee will fully refund the registration fee).

• All the participants must be complete the whole process of COVID-19 vaccination and provide effective vaccination certificates before October 20, 2022 (excluding). Among them, those who have completed the whole process of COVID-19 vaccination before April 20, 2022 (excluding) must complete the enhanced vaccination before October 20, 2022 (excluding).

• Provide a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 24 hours before pick-up the package.

• Provide a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 24 hours before entering the start on the race day.

• One nucleic acid test must be completed within 48 hours after the race, and the race  result certificate can be downloaded only after the nucleic acid test is completed.

• All the participants must submit the Health and Safety Responsibility Commitment signed by yourself before pick-up. Log in to the official website of the race for personal health declaration 7 days before the race.

②  Elite athletes

All the elite athletes will follow the COVID-19 prevention requirements by Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and control, and will be closed-loop management until the end of the race.

3)  Physical Requirement:

Marathon is an athletic sport of high load and great intensity over long distances. It is also a high risk athletic sport which has high physical demands on participants. Those who wish to participant in Marathon race shall be in healthy condition, have experience in running and have completed training with distance over half-marathon. Anyone who has any of the following diseases are not recommended to participate:

Congenital heart disease and rheumatic heart disease;

• Hypertension and cerebrovascular disease;

• Myocarditis and other heart diseases;

• Coronary artery disease and server irregular heartbeat;

• Diabetes;

• Having cold symptoms two weeks prior to the race;

• Heavy drinking or insufficient sleep the night before the race

• Other diseases that is not suitable for sports;

• Pregnancy.

4) Registration method and fee

① Please log in the official website or official APP to register on line. Participants should follow the requirements of Registration Notice .The place are not transferable.

②  Registration Fee: 50 USD/person.

③  Entrants must pay the entry fee by ALIPAY before the deadline. If the payment is not received by the due date, the application will be void.

5) Race Bag Pick-up:

①  All participants are going to receive email for race number notice, please download and print the certificate for race bag picking-up.

②  All participants need to go to the Beijing Marathon EXPO 2022 to pick up personal race bag. Details will be released prior to the race on the official website.

12. AWARDS METHOD

1) Ranking Awards: Top 8 male and female athletes will be awarded.

Note: Awards are based on both result and rank achieved.

2)      Awards of Breaking the course record

Male: run sub 2:07:06 (not include) and win the race, $20000.

Female: run sub 2:19:39 (not include) and win the race, $20000.

Note: Chinese athletes will receive the equivalent of RMB.

3)      All above-mentioned awards will rank by gun time. Athletes will be disqualified if they doping test failed, however, the ranking for all will not be changed.

4)    All above-mentioned awards are subject to a 20% personal income tax.

5)    Top 3 male and female athletes will be given a trophy and a medal.

6)  Race T-shirt, race bag, bib number, timing chip and OFFICIAL PROGRAM will be provided at Beijing Marathon EXPO 2022.

7)  The participants who finish before 13:45 (GMT+8) on the race day will be awarded with Post-Race Package and medals.

8)  All finishers will check results and download finish certificate on official website after the race. Split time, gun time, net time will be listed on the certificate. Runners will fail for ranking if any split time point missed.

13. PUNISHMENT

Video recording are monitoring on the entire race course. Participants will be punished as disqualification from the race immediately, barred for race for 1 – 2 years, barred for life and Chinese Athletic Association may put additional punishments if participants committed any of the followings:

1)        Misrepresentation on age when registration.

2)        Racing with two or more than two timing chips (including one participant carrying timing chip of the other gender).

3)        Racing in relay.

4)        Not following the start order and start at non-designated area, false start etc.

5)        Continuing racing after cut-off time or back to the course in the midway.

6)        Taking any public transportation to finish race, but not running.

7)        Crossing the finish line repeatedly or not completing the whole distance but crossing the finish line to get Post-Race Package, finisher T-shirt and medals.

8)        Alter, make, transfer and sell the bib number without permission.

9)        Not following with staff order. Rioters who disturbing the race order.

10)    Uncivil behaviors.

11)    Hide health status and report of false registration information.

12)    Participants have doping violations.

13)    Other behaviors against the social security rules or COVID-19 prevention and control.

Consequences arising during the race from enrolling by misrepresentation or transferring entry to another person shall be banned of Beijing Marathon race for life. The Organizing Committee has the right to investigate the responsibility of related persons and appeal to the law.

14. INSURANCE

Insurance will be provided to all participants and race relatives. Full responsibilities will be taken by participants if they fail to buy the insurance caused of incorrect information. Violators with any misrepresentation behavior are not eligible for insurance.

The relevant expenses incurred by the participants for non-competition and non-emergency medical treatments that continue to be accepted due to their physical condition are settled by the participants themselves and the hospital. And then negotiate with the insurance company to deal with in process.

15.   CONTACT INFORMATION

Beijing Marathon Organizing Committee

Tel: 010-67167482/13699107993/13691584483/13691582045/13691529472

Time: 9:00-11:30, 13:00-17:30 (except national holidays)

Official Website: www.beijing-marathon.com

E-mail: oc@beijing-marathon.com

The Organizing Committee will make dynamic adjustments according to the COVID-19 situation, and announce related information immediately.

Further notice will be announced for unmentioned issues. Beijing Marathon Organizing Committee reserves the right to interpret this rules & regulations.