JAKARTA - The Jakarta International Marathon (JAKIM) 2026 is ready to be held again on June 13-14. A total of 33 thousand people have registered to participate in the event.
This number has exceeded about 74 percent of the total quota of participants this year, which is 44,500 people.
"Of these 33 thousand, foreigners have already registered 293. Our target is 1,000. Based on gender, 20,000 men and almost 13,000 women," said the President Director (Dirut) of PT Bank Tabungan Negara (Persero) Tbk, Nixon LP Napitupulu in Jakarta, quoted by ANTARA on Sunday, January 25.
He is optimistic that the number of participants will reach 44 thousand before Lebaran 2026. The BTN JAKIM 2026 is divided into two categories, namely 5K and 10K on the first day, as well as half marathon and full marathon on the second day.
Nixon plans to invite running legends in the running event which is also held to commemorate the anniversary of the City of Jakarta.
In addition to JAKIM, a bicycle racing event, namely the Jakarta International Criterium, will also be held, which carries the message that Jakarta is ready to hold an international standard urban bicycle race.
"We hope that two thousand cyclists will be present, more than 30 thousand spectators, and we also ask to be able to bring in some cycling legends to come to Jakarta so that Jakarta will be widely discussed internationally for runners and cyclists," said Nixon.
On that occasion, the Governor of DKI Jakarta Pramono Anung hoped that the JAKIM 2026 event could be attended by up to 50 thousand runners in 2027. The number five, he said, feels right with the age of the City of Jakarta which will reach 500 years in 2027.
Then, regarding the Jakarta International Criterium, he hopes that it can be attended by professional cyclists of the caliber of Peter Sagan from Slovakia.
"I want there to be Peter Sagan, Mark Cavendish competing in this place. If that's possible, we will definitely give them our full support. Mark Cavendish, Cadel Evans, I'm sure they will want to fight in this place," said Pramono.
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