IAAF Gold and Silver Label Races 2009

IAAF does accreditation of road races every year and assigns Gold and Silver labels to those it selects, indicating the significance of the race. Last year was the first time that the Delhi Half Marathon was accredited with the Gold label. Mumbai Marathon has been assigned the Silver label.

In 2009, India retains its accreditations. In all, 19 road races were given the Gold and 29 the Silver label.

The complete list can be checked out below:
    http://www.iaaf.org/LRR09/results/index.html

Following races from Asia have been accredited as below:

03/01/2009   Xiamen International Marathon, Xiamen CHN
18/01/2009   Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, Mumbai IND
20/02/2009   RAK Half Marathon, Ras Al Khaimah UAE
01/03/2009   Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon, Osaka-City JPN
08/03/2009   Nagoya Intl Women’s Marathon, Nagoya JPN
15/03/2009   Seoul International Marathon, Seoul KOR
22/03/2009   Tokyo Marathon, Tokyo JPN
18/10/2009   Beijing International Marathon, Beijing CHN
01/11/2009   Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, Delhi IND
01/11/2009   JoongAng Seoul Marathon, Seoul KOR
06/12/2009   Fukuoka Intl Open Marathon Champs, Fukuoka JPN
06/12/2009   Singapore Marathon, Singapore SIN

This is also the first time that the Singapore marathon is being awarded this label.

The labels are categorized into Gold, Silver and IAAF Road Race Label. The labels are given to races that meet major criteria over a three-year period, media and international TV coverage, and doping standards. To get the Gold Label, a marathon must have five records that meet standards in both men’s and women’s races over the past three years. The men’s standard is 2:10:30 and the women’s 2:28:00 (info by donga.com).

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