Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi 2025 has a completely new running route

According to information from the Organizing Committee (OC) on April 2, in order to bring about a breakthrough and increase the experience of athletes, Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi 2025 - the 10th race in the world-famous Standard Chartered Marathon system, has its Start and Finish points at Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi.

Top marathoners with representatives of the Organizing Committee and sponsors at the announcement ceremony of the Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi 2025

Tens of thousands of athletes will experience for the first time the beautiful, nearly 10 km long, completely flat finish line on the windy West Lake in Hanoi's autumn, continuing with the straight road towards the finish line at Quan Ngua Sports Palace. This will be the most ideal finish line for athletes to accelerate, break through, improve their personal achievements, as well as experience the sacred atmosphere of "calming the soul of the mountains and rivers" of Thang Long, Dong Do, Hanoi when walking along the West Lake, past dozens of historical and cultural heritages.

Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi 2025 will have 4 basic distances: 42.195 km, 21.0975 km, 10 km, 5 km and a distance specifically for children aged 6-10.

Mr. Nguyen Tri, General Director of DHA Vietnam - the owner and direct organizer of the race, spoke.

Mr. Nguyen Tri, General Director of DHA Vietnam - the owner and direct organizer of the race, said: "The 2025 season has a new Start - Finish point that has never been chosen by any major race in Hanoi. Aiming for a future scale of tens of thousands of athletes participating like the races in the Standard Chartered Marathon system (Kuala Lumpur 40,000 athletes, Singapore 50,000 athletes, Hong Kong (China) 70,000 athletes...). Placing the Start - Finish point at Quan Ngua Sports Palace is the optimal choice for a marathon that is growing strongly in both the number of participating athletes as well as the quality of organization, improving the tournament every year".

Mr. Bill Winters, CEO of Standard Chartered Group - the main sponsor of the Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi 2025, spoke

With the message Together, we run further throughout the first season, Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi continues to set the mission of spreading the spirit of sportsmanship, connecting and accompanying the Vietnamese running community to constantly grow, honoring Heritage values ​​and affirming its position as the leading international-class running race in Vietnam.

Becoming the 10th race in the world -famous Standard Chartered Marathon system, Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi will continue to affirm the position of Vietnam marathon on the world marathon map, making Vietnam a favorite destination for international athletes. "In 2024, the race will attract more than 1,300 international athletes from more than 50 countries and territories, accounting for 10% of the total number of participating athletes. With the route running through the capital's famous heritages at the most beautiful time of the year, the event is a great opportunity for international athletes to experience tourism in Hanoi in particular and Vietnam in general. Each athlete can become a great tourism ambassador by sharing the experiences they have through each step of the race. And in fact, we are very happy to record more and more registrations for the 2025 season from international athletes" - Mr. Nguyen Tri affirmed.

This year's season, athletes will experience for the first time the beautiful, nearly 10 km long, completely flat finish line on the windy West Lake shore...

... and before that, famous heritages of Hanoi such as Dong Xuan market

Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi is a race with the spirit of sportsmanship connecting the sustainable community, a playground for all those who love running, from professional athletes, disabled athletes, foreign athletes as well as the foreign community in Vietnam. With the message "Breakthrough, reach far", the race spreads the spirit of daring to break through, surpassing one's own limits to conquer each person's higher goals.

Ms. Trinh Nhu Quynh, Director of External Affairs - Marketing and Branding of Standard Chartered Vietnam, said that the race is an opportunity for us to build a close-knit community, join hands to exercise and spread a positive sports spirit.

Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi 2025 will witness a completely new activity in the selection of Pacers to improve the quality as well as the professionalism of Pacers participating in the race. With many years of experience and accompanying many famous marathons in China, Xtep Fashion Brand as the exclusive Costume Sponsor of Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi will directly coordinate with DHA Vietnam to organize the selection and training of Pacers for half marathon and marathon distances; recruit international athletes from countries with strong marathon movements to compete in Vietnam.

The Pacer selection activity will be officially announced and implemented by the Organizing Committee in the near future.

As a member of the Age Group Ranking System of Abbott World Marathon Majors, the performance at the Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi is recognized as a qualifying condition for participation in any race in the system of 7 largest races on the planet, including the prestigious Boston Marathon (along with Tokyo, London, Berlin, Chicago, New York City and most recently the Sydney Marathon). At the same time, participating athletes will have more opportunities to participate in races in the world-famous Standard Chartered Marathon system.

At the 2025 Season Official Announcement Event, the Organizing Committee and Standard Chartered Vietnam also launched the "Collect Old Shoes, Exchange for New Shoes" activity to give love to children in remote areas with cleaned old shoes. The program was successfully organized in the 2024 season with more than 300 pairs of shoes given to students at Na Chi Primary and Secondary School, Xin Man District, Ha Giang and Tan Lien Primary and Secondary School, Huong Hoa, Quang Tri. For the 2025 season, the Organizing Committee launched the activity early, right at the present time to be able to give more pairs of shoes to children. Accordingly, the Organizing Committee called on athletes to keep their old shoes, which will be collected during the 3 days of the Standard Chartered Marathon Heritage Hanoi (from November 6 to 9, 2025) to clean right at the event.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/standard-chartered-marathon-di-san-ha-noi-2025-co-duong-chay-hoan-toan-moi-1962504021834524.htm