I-XTEP isebenzisana ne-Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon nge-Five-Year Strategic Alliance ukukhulisa umphakathi we-Vietnam

I-HO CHI MINH CITY, e-Vietnam – I-XTEP, umhlobo wephasi loke owakhiwe ngokugijima, namhlanjesi umemezele ukusebenzisana okusemthethweni kweminyaka emihlanu ne-Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon, umcimbi omkhulu wokugijima e-Vietnam. Isebenza ukusukela ngo-2026 ukuya ku-2030, i-XTEP izakusebenza njengomxhasi okhethekileko wezembatho zezemidlalo nomlingani wezobuchwepheshe, okutjho ukutjala imali kwesikhathi eside e-Vietnam ekhula msinyana yezemidlalo yokubekezela.

Emqoka wobunikazi be-XTEP bephasi loke kunomnqopho ocacileko: Isiphakamiso se-Xtep sephasi loke siyasebenza. Ukusebenzisana kweminyaka eminengi kuhambisana ngokupheleleko nombono loyo, oklanyelwe ukuphakamisa amazinga wezobuchwepheshe womjaho, ukuletha isekelo elipheleleko kiwo woke umgijimi, ukukhulisa isiko lokugijima lendawo, nokwandisa ukufinyelela komjarho emazweni ngamazwe — ngesikhathi kubeka isisekelo esiqinileko sokukhula okuragela phambili kwe-XTEP emakethe ephezulu yokugijima yeSewula-mpumalanga ye-Asia.

Ukugijima kwe-Vietnam kudala ithuba elikhanyako lesikhathi eside

Ukugijima sekuyindlela ejayelekileko yokuphila emadorobheni amakhulu we-Vietnam, lapho inani labantu abazibandakanyako libeka amarekhodi amatjha qobe mnyaka. I-Edishini yesi-8 ye-Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon ngoNobayeni 2025 yamukela abagijimi abangaphezu kwe-23,000 abavela emazweni ama-81, okuqinisa ubujamo bayo njenge-marathon ephambili enarheni. Ngemva kweenyanga, umjaho we-4th VnExpress Marathon Ho Chi Minh City Midnight udose abahlanganyeli abali-13,000, okwenza bona kube nezinga elitjha lokuba khona kwabantu.

Idatha yephasi loke evela embikweni we-Strava's Year in Sport Trend iqinisekisa bona ukugijima kuhlala kungenye yezemidlalo ekhula msinyana ephasini, lapho iSewula-mpumalanga ye-Asia — ne-Vietnam khulukhulu — ivelele njengomkhawulo oqakathekileko wokukhula. Isisekelo esikhula msinyana sabagijimi abavamileko nabasezingeni eliphezulu sidala ithuba lemakethe elikhanyako, elingakasetjenziswa, elihambelana kuhle neqhinga le-XTEP lokugijima kuqala ephasini loke.

Iminyaka elikhomba, i-XTEP izifake ngaphakathi kwehlelo lokugijima le-Vietnam, yasungula ubudlelwano nayo yoke imilandelande emikhulu yamamarathoni weentjhabatjhaba. Iincathulo zayo zokugijima ezisezingeni eliphezulu kanye nezambatho, ubuchwepheshe bokugijima kanye nohlaka lweenkonzo ezisekelwe kubagijimi zizuze ukuthenjwa okungaguqukiko hlangana nemiphakathi yendawo yokugijima, okuqinisa ubujamo be-XTEP njengebhrendi yokugijima ethembekileko enarheni. Iminyaka eminengi yokuzibandakanya phasi yenze bona umhlobo lo ukwazi ukusebenzisa umfutho okhulako wesifunda.

Ukusebenza kwe-Runner-First yendawo kwakha ukuhlobana okujulileko komphakathi

Solo kwangena e-Vietnam, i-XTEP yakhe ubudlelwano obuzwakalako nabagijimi bendawo ngokusebenzisa amahlelo angatjhugulukiko, adzimelele emphakathini — okuyinsika eqakathekileko yobunikazi bomhlobo wayo wokugijima wephasi loke.

Iinthombe ze-X-RUN CAMP, i-Running Friend Gathering, i-Standard Chartered Hanoi Marathon Expo Site

Ngomnyaka ka-2025, umhlobo lo wethule i-X-RUN CAMP ekhethekileko ye-Standard Chartered Hanoi Marathon, eletha ukubandulwa okuhlelekileko kwabadlali be-race pacers ukuphakamisa izinga lokusekelwa kwabadlali abasemdlalweni. I-XTEP nayo ibambe imihlangano yabangani bokugijima evaliweko, ehlanganisa abahleli bomjarho nabagijimi abadala ndawonye ukwabelana ngokuhlelwa kwekhosi, ukulungiselela umjarho kanye namaqhinga wokubandula asekelwa yisayensi ukusiza boke abahlanganyeli ukufikelela iinhloso zabo.

Emibukisweni yangaphambi komjarho enarheni yoke, i-XTEP inikela ngamava afinyelelekako, adzimeleleko kibo boke abakhona: ama-tees wezobuchwepheshe womcimbi okhethekileko, ukuhlaziywa kwendlela iinyawo ezisebenza ngayo, iindawo zokuhlola umkhiqizo kanye nokusebenza kwemiklomelo okusebenzisanako. Amaphuzu wokuthintana angaguqukiko enza abantu ababekhona emjarhweni babe balandeli besikhathi eside, bakhe umphakathi othembekileko wokugijima osekela iqhinga lokukhula lesifunda le-XTEP.

Ihlangano yamaqhinga weminyaka emihlanu iletha ukutjala imali okungaguqukiko, kwesikhathi eside esikhathini esizako se-Vietnam

Ngokungafani nokusekelwa kwesikhathi esifitjhani, okuthatha umnyaka owodwa, ihlaka eliqinileko leminyaka emihlanu liletha iinsetjenziswa ezizinzileko, eziragela phambili zezobuchwepheshe ku-Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon. Ngesikhathi sokubambisana, i-XTEP izakunikela ngezinto ezipheleleko zokugijima ezilungele umjarho kanye namasevisi wokusekelwa apheleleko, okwenza bona ukutjhuguluka kwayo kwezembatho zemidlalo kube ziinzuzo ezibonakalako zabagijimi bawo woke amazinga.

Ukusebenzisana lokhu kusekela ithuthuko ebanzi yebubulo, ukuphakamisa amazinga wokusebenza komjarho, imisebenzi yabadlali kanye nokuthuthukiswa kokugijima okusesigabeni esiphasi kiyo yoke imikhakha yezemidlalo yokubekezela ye-Vietnam. Njengesikhungo esiqakathekileko sokunwetshwa kokugijima kwe-XTEP ephasini loke, i-Vietnam imele indawo yokuhlola eqakathekileko yemodeli yokugijima edoswa phambili mphakathi, ezakuphindaphinda kizo zoke iimakethe ze-ASEAN eminyakeni ezako.

"Ihlangano yokugijima ye-Vietnam isesigabeni sokukhula kwayo, begodu ukusebenzisana kweminyaka emihlanu kutjengisa ukukholelwa kwethu kwesikhathi eside emandleni womdlalo lapha," kwatjho umrholi omkhulu wesifunda Xtep Vietnam. "Yoke into esiyenzako isekelwe esiphakamisweni sethu sephaseli sokuthi ukugijima kusemqoka emkhiqizweni wethu. Lokhu akusikho ukuthengisa kwesikhathi esifitjhani - kukuzibophelela kweminyaka eminengi ukutjala imali kubagijimi bendawo, abahleli bomjarho kanye nekusasa lokugijima e-Vietnam."

Ephasini loke, ukugijima kuqinisa woke amazinga wendlela yokuthuthukisa yeentjhabatjhaba ye-XTEP. Ngokusekelwa yiminyaka elikhomba yesipiliyoni semakethe yendawo, ithekhnoloji yokugijima ephathelene nomuntu kanye nobudlelwano obuqakathekileko beminyaka emihlanu, i-XTEP isebujameni obuhlukileko bokubamba ukukhula okupheleleko kwemakethe yokugijima ephumelelako ye-Vietnam, inikela abasubathi abanengi amandla wokuthi bagijimise imikhawulo yabo ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe, ubujamo obuhle bokugijima.