{"id":231460,"date":"2026-03-10T09:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/?p=231460"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:22:07","slug":"shanghai-marathon-close-to-joining-world-marathon-majors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/shanghai-marathon-close-to-joining-world-marathon-majors\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai Marathon Close to Joining World Marathon Majors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: 'Poppins', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.85; max-width: 820px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: justify;\">\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 22px; text-align: left;\">Shanghai Marathon Close to Joining World Marathon Majors<\/h1>\n<p>The World Marathon Majors organization has announced that the Shanghai Marathon has advanced to the second stage of its candidacy, bringing the event significantly closer to joining the elite group of the world\u2019s most prestigious road races. This marks another important milestone in the organizers\u2019 long-term efforts.<\/p>\n<p>During its most recent evaluation in November 2025, the event met all the requirements needed to complete the first phase of the process. The assessment covered key operational, sporting, and organizational standards that every potential Major must meet to align with the expectations of the Abbott World Marathon Majors.<\/p>\n<p>To progress further, Shanghai must demonstrate the same level of quality again during its next edition, scheduled for <strong>December 6, 2026<\/strong>. If the marathon meets all criteria for a second consecutive year, it will be eligible to officially join the series in <strong>2027<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen tremendous dedication from the Shanghai Marathon team throughout this journey,\u201d said Abbott World Marathon Majors CEO <strong>Dawna Stone<\/strong>. \u201cOur evaluation group was highly impressed with the event they observed in November. We believe Shanghai is on a strong path and has every chance to achieve its goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Xu Bin<\/strong>, Director General of the Shanghai Administration of Sports, stated: \u201cThe Shanghai Marathon is one of the city\u2019s most influential sporting events. We will continue to support its development and pursuit of higher standards. We look forward to officially joining the Abbott World Marathon Majors family in the near future. Events of this caliber help strengthen Shanghai\u2019s position as a global sports hub.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the Shanghai Marathon and the second candidate race both succeed in their upcoming evaluations, the Abbott World Marathon Majors series will expand to <strong>nine races in 2027<\/strong>, and a new <strong>Nine Star medal<\/strong> will be introduced for runners who complete all events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #555; text-align: left;\">Source: World Marathon Majors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shanghai Marathon has advanced to the second stage of its candidacy and is now closer than ever to joining the prestigious Abbott World Marathon Majors. The next evaluation in 2026 will determine whether the race enters the series in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":231459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shanghai-marathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231460"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231464,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231460\/revisions\/231464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldmarathoner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}