SCO Kunming Marathon Earns World Athletics Gold Label
Source: InKunming | 2025-10-31 | Editor:Rachel
The organizing committee announced that the 10th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Kunming Marathon has been officially awarded World Athletics Gold Label status, placing the event among the elite ranks of global road races for its organizational excellence, course standards and athlete services. The race will start at 8:00 a.m. on November 30th along Dianchi Lake in Kunming, with registration opening at 10:00 a.m. on October 30th.
The event will feature two distances—full marathon and half-marathon—both beginning and ending at the Yunnan Haigeng Hall in the Dianchi National Tourist Resort. The course circles the “Pearl of the Plateau,” averaging 1,900 m above sea level and showcasing Kunming’s signature scenery: the Western Hills, wetland flower fields and flocks of black-headed gulls. Runners have dubbed it “one of China’s most beautiful high-altitude courses.” True to its motto of “sport as the stage, culture as the performance,” the SCO Kunming Marathon will again welcome athletes from SCO member states and Belt and Road partner countries for a celebration of speed and cultural exchange.
Eligibility requirements remain unchanged: marathon entrants must be at least 20 years old (born before November 30th, 2005); half-marathon entrants must be at least 16 (born before November 30th, 2009). Minors under 18 and runners aged 70 or above must submit a parental or immediate-family consent form and supporting documents.
For entry fees and detailed registration procedures, visit the official event website at www.sco-marathon.com. Runners can register through the website, the MARAMARA app, the Shuzi Xindong app, or by scanning the official QR code. Ten years in the making, now crowned with Gold—Dianchi is calling; the start line awaits.
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(Editors: Shining, Rachel)
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