Followed By 15 Thousand Participants, BTN Jakarta International Marathon 2024 Taking Place Rapidly And Regularly

JAKARTA - The collaboration between the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk (BTN) succeeded in producing the 2024 BTN Jakarta International Marathon (JAKIM) on Sunday, June 23. The 2024 JAKIM was held as part of the celebration of the 497th Anniversary (HUT) of the city of Jakarta.

This event was attended by at least 15,000 runners divided into three categories, namely 1,000 people for Marathon (42K), 4,000 people for Half Marathon (21K), and about 10,300 people for 10K. President Director of BTN Nixon LP Napitupulu said the company was proud and grateful to be trusted as the main sponsor of this event, after successfully holding BTN Run 2023 last year.

This is the first time Jakarta has the most clear, sterile, regular, and neat running event. We would like to thank the DKI Provincial Government, Polda Metro Jaya, Kodam Jaya, and all those involved in securing and organizing this event," said Nixon in Jakarta, Sunday (23/6).Nixon revealed that the participants showed high enthusiasm because their spirit was maintained by the existence of a dancing guide in the form of Betawi-style dances and songs. In particular, BTN thanked the participants who were present on time, healthy, and happy throughout the event. The 2024 JAKIM BTN event began with a flag off in the Monas area at 04.00 WIB as a sign of the start of the race, and ended with a finish inside the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (GBK), Senayan, Central Jakarta. The placement of the finish line inside the GBK stadium is the first time in a running event in Jakarta, in order to provide a unique and different experience for the participants. In addition to the management of BTN and officials of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, a number of other VIPs were involved in this event, namely Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Deputy Minister of BUMN Kartika Wirjoatmodjo, Secretary of the Ministry of SOE Rabin Indrajad Hattari, and national celebrities.

According to Nixon, BTN JAKIM 2024 is a prestigious and world-class event, because it is recognized by the world athletic body, namely World Athletics, with the title of World Athletics Label Road Races. This is a form of BTN's support for the efforts of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to promote Jakarta as a city that encourages sports tourism or sports tourism. The economic turnover of international sports events, said Nixon, can be seen from the full occupancy of hotels in Jakarta by tourists sports.. We appreciate the steps taken by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government which continues to strive to make Jakarta a global city. As citizens of Jakarta, we want Jakarta to be like other cities in the world that have international running events, as well as to become a clean, non-polluting city, and its air health index is exactly like other cities in the world. That way, Jakarta residents will become healthy, "explained Nixon. 2025, in line with the ideals of making Jakarta a global sports tourism city. "Next year, we hope that the participants can reach more than 20,000 people, and the longer it will be. As in the London Marathon and New York Marathon, where the participants can reach more than 50,000 people, so that people who come can reach hundreds of thousands and drive the economy for one to two weeks," said Nixon. PJ Jakarta Governor, Heru Budi Hartono in The same opportunity, conveying gratitude and gratitude to all ranks of Polda Metro Jaya and Kodam Jaya so that the success of the event can be achieved. Konon said, today is the best because this event can be carried out in a sterile manner and has a good level of safety, so that the participants are comfortable in all categories. Our commitment to maintaining sterile and safety principles has been proven, so hopefully we can maintain the quality of today for years next, said Heru. Heru also thanked the participants, the people of the city of Jakarta, and the mass media who had supported the 2024 JAKIM BTN event and showed high enthusiasm. Heru hopes that this event can attract more attention to Jakarta as a business and tourism center that is a common pride. "The benefit of the marathon for Jakarta is the first, promoting this city which has good sports tourism, and the second is that Economic revival and MSMEs are going well. In addition, regular exercise habits can be created, so health is also good. This event must be continued in Jakarta as an icon of DKI Jakarta," said Heru. The participants of BTN JAKIM 2024 compete for a total prize of IDR 3 billion, including a grand prize for a house for participants who managed to break a marathon record, especially for Indonesian citizens (WNI). In addition to providing a forum for MSMEs to promote their products at this event, the DKI Provincial Government also held a chemistry for cultural arts to encourage the participants. In the 2024 JAKIM BTN event, runners from Kenya dominated the marathon category for men and women.