2021 Taipei Marathon

25th Taipei Marathon
File:Main visual of the 2021 Taipei Marathon.jpeg 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. 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.

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.

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

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Start time

External videos
video icon "Live broadcast".
video icon "Marathon route guide".
video icon "Half Marathon route guide".
video icon "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.

Elite men's top 10 finishers

Place	Athlete	Nationality	Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Demeke Kasaw Biksegn	Ethiopia	2:11:42 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Aragaw Yitbarek Meseret	Ethiopia	2:14:59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	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
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Alemtsehay Asifa Kasegn	Ethiopia	2:30:44
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Esther Wanjiru Macharia	Kenya	2:31:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	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
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Li Lee-chun	Taiwan	1:07:33
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Huang Hsiang-wei	Taiwan	1:07:38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	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
1st place, gold medalist(s)	Su Feng-ting	Taiwan	1:17:06 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	Lai Ting-hsuan	Taiwan	1:17:58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	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