The Russian half marathon “ZaBeg.RF” was held for the first time in China under the name “One Run”

More than 1,800 people from China came to the start – joggers, representatives of sports schools and running clubs. The event was organized with the support of the Beijing Athletics Association.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Secretary General of the Beijing Athletics Association Li Kai, the Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Natalya Parshikova, the Head of the Department of sports of the department of culture, sports, tourism and politics of the government of the Russian Federation I. Andreeva and director of the ZaBeg.RF half-marathon Denis Annikov.

The race took place over four distances of varying difficulty: 1, 5, 10 and 21.1 km. The courses were laid out on Olympic Park grounds overlooking the legacy of the 2022 Winter Games, specifically the Big Air Shougan Ski Jump. The half-marathon distance of 21.1 km was covered in 3 laps of 7 km. He was defeated by 750 people. The best distance time for men is 01:11:02, for women – 01:24:59.

Anyone over the age of 6 could participate in One Run. Entire families came to the start. And the oldest participant in the race is 70 years old.

“For me, One Run is one of the most important events of the year. Since 2017, more and more Russian cities and thousands of new participants have joined the half marathon, which allowed it to enter the Guinness Book of Records twice. This year, our race goes beyond our country. It is a great honor for the Hero League team to hold it in China. It is a source of great pride and a highly anticipated event. I hope “One Run” will be included in the running calendar of all Chinese runners and its geography will expand in the future,” commented Ksenia Shoigu, head of the One Run Half Marathon Organizing Committee. .

The main start of the international half-marathon “One Run” will be held on June 4 simultaneously in 89 regions of Russia (under the name “ZaBeg.RF”) and four other countries – Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

Reference: Half Marathon “One Run” (in Russia – “ZaBeg.RF”) was held for the first time on May 21, 2017 simultaneously in 10 cities of Russia. In 2018, a single departure, regardless of time zones, has already taken place in 15 cities. In 2019, 19 cities participated. And in 2020, for the first time, a synchronized start was given in all regions of the Russian Federation. In 2023, ZaBeg.RF gains international status and will be held outside Russia under the name One Run.

The synchronized start is one of the unique features of the All-Russian Half Marathon, which made the project one of the biggest sporting events in the country. In 2020 and 2021, ZaBeg.RF set two Guinness World Records as the “half marathon that brought together the most cities at the same time”.