On April 13, the 2025 Huai'an Xiyou World of Adventure Huai'an Marathon and Grand Canal Marathons (Huai'an) officially kicked off. The race has three schedules: marathon, half marathon and health run, with a scale of 20,000 participants.

After fierce competition, in the marathon event, Sahlesilassie Nigussie BEKELE (2 hours, 13 minutes and 44 seconds), Su Guoxiong (2 hours, 13 minutes and 55 seconds), and Cen Wanjiang (2 hours, 13 minutes and 59 seconds) won the top three in the men's group; Zemenay Ayana DEMILEW (2 hours, 33 minutes and 26 seconds), Ashumar Zebenay AIMASU (2 hours, 33 minutes and 35 seconds), and Jiao Anjing (2 hours, 37 minutes and 34 seconds) won the top three in the women's group.

In the half marathon, Gu Yangxu (1 hour, 8 minutes and 24 seconds), Qin Zhenyu (1 hour, 14 minutes and 11 seconds), and Shi Yan (1 hour, 14 minutes and 21 seconds) won the top three in the men's group; Zhang Liuqing (1 hour, 22 minutes and 10 seconds), Wang Tian (1 hour, 22 minutes and 27 seconds), and Ren Huihui (1 hour, 24 minutes and 33 seconds) won the top three in the women's group.

This time, Huai'an Marathon specially invited more than 100 entrepreneurs and executive runners, as well as the Capital Media Running Group. The event organized 9 groups including a children's group with "four confidences", a college student group staying in Huai'an for entrepreneurship and employment, and a ten-billion enterprise group, which integrated and displayed the city's appearance, development achievements, and business environment. Huai'an Marathon deeply explored the cultural genes of "Canal Capital" and "City of Gastronomy", and held supporting activities such as marathon market, intangible cultural heritage exhibition and "Cultural Tourism Promotes Consumption" to further expand the influence of events and activities, highlight the warmth of Huai'an, and extend the consumption scene of sports events.