Marathons postponed, canceledVIRTUAL RACE: Kinmen County is planning to set up an online marathon for registered runners to upload their data using an app before the end of the monthBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter, with CNAThis year’s Kaohsiung Fubon Marathon, Kaohsiung Metro-LRT Marathon and Tainan Half Marathon have been postponed, while the Kinmen Marathon has been canceled due to the possibility of COVID-19 infection, the municipalities announced. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) yesterday afternoon announced that the marathons had been postponed, after he hosted a COVID-19 response meeting. Runners participate in the Tainan Half Marathon on Oct. 18 last year. The organizer yesterday announced that this year’s Tainan Half Marathon would be postponed from March 7 to Oct. 3 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) yesterday announced that the Tainan Half Marathon, which was originally scheduled for March 7, with more than 16,000 registered participants, had been postponed to Oct. 3.

Source: Taipei Times January 12, 2021 15:56 UTC