Just now, the Shanghai Marathon Organizing Committee announced that the Shanghai Marathon 2025 candidate event has passed the first-stage assessment of the World Marathon Majors, bringing the Shanghai Marathon one step closer to becoming a Majors event. The 2025 Shanghai Marathon delivered comprehensive upgrades across race organization, event services, and race atmosphere. The proportion of foreign and international tourism runners rose significantly, fully reflecting the Shanghai Marathon’s growing international influence and appeal. In World Athletics’ 2025 global marathon event rankings, the Shanghai Marathon entered the global top ten for the first time, marking the best result for a Chinese marathon on that authoritative list and signalling that the Shanghai Marathon has steadily joined the elite ranks of world marathons. According to the Abbott World Marathon Majors evaluation process, the next key assessment will be held on December 6, 2026, during the 2026 Shanghai Marathon. If the Shanghai Marathon meets the standards again in that assessment, it will satisfy the key requirement of "passing the assessment twice consecutively" and thereby officially join the Abbott World Marathon Majors in 2027. As one of China’s most representative city marathons, passing the first-stage assessment as a candidate event for the Abbott World Marathon Majors is not only an important milestone in the Shanghai Marathon’s development but also a significant step for Chinese road running to go global. #ShanghaiMarathon #ShangMa #marathon #WorldMarathonMajors #TrailRunningBoom