UNDER the supervision of the Mandalay Region Government, the 2026 Yoma-Mandalay Inter­national Marathon will be held on the morning of 24 January at the Bahtoo Stadium in Mandalay.

This year, the event will feature three catego­ries: the half-marathon (21 kilometres), the chal­lenge run (10 kilometres) and the fun run (5 kilo­metres). In the half-mar­athon (men’s and wom­en’s) competition, the first prize will be award­ed K3 million, the sec­ond prize K15 million, the third prize K10 million, and the fourth to tenth prizes K5,000,000 each. In the challenge run (men’s and women’s) competi­tion, the first prize will be K1.5 million, the sec­ond prize K1 million, the third prize K5,000,000, and the fourth to tenth prizes K2,000,000 each.

Registered runners for the Mandalay Mara­thon will be able to collect their competition items at the Bahtoo Gymnasi­um from 9 am to 4:30 pm from 22 to 23 January.

On the day of the 2026 Yoma–Mandalay In­ternational Marathon, on 24 January, the following roads will be temporarily closed for the race route: 30th street (between 68th and 73rd streets), 29th street (between 68th and 73rd streets), 28th street (between 68th and 73rd streets), 73rd street (between 30th and 26th streets), 26th street (between 66th street and 80th streets), 80th street (between 12th and 26th streets), 12th street (between 66th and 80th streets), 66th street (between 12th and 26th streets), and 71st street (between 30th and 26th streets). — Min Htet Aung (Mandalay Sub-Printing House)/ MKKS