The governor of the state, Andrew Cuomo, announced that the competition could be held on November 7 as part of a progressive return to ‘normal’ in activities for large groups of people, but will reduce its capacity to 60 percent of usual .
The 2021 call aims to bring together some 33,000 people from around the world, although almost 20,000 fewer than the 53,640 who crossed the finish line in 2019 to set a new participation record.
According to New York Road Runners, organizer of the event, runners must be prepared ‘to provide a negative Covid-19 test result or proof of a complete vaccination series’, in addition to requiring compliance with other safety recommendations.
The entity added that a new format will be used to control the time and reduce the density at the beginning and end of the route, which will force the first batch of runners to start one hour before and the last two hours after.
After the cancellation of the 2020 edition, registered runners had the option to claim a refund of their ticket or exchange it for guaranteed access to the 2021, 2022 or 2023 competitions, so the organizers hope that part of those will attend. participants.
The marathon director, Ted Metellus, also stressed that the 50th anniversary of the event will be commemorated, which is the penultimate of the year in the calendar of the Great Marathons (World Marathon Majors), an international athletics competition created in 2006.
In addition to the New York fight, the event is made up of the Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago, and Tokyo marathons (since 2013), in that order.
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