For the women's half marathon, Kenyan runner Kakuri Esther Chesang took the gold medal with a time of 1:23:01, her compatriot Jerop Abigaei settled for the bronze medal at 1:29:29 while Yin Xiaoyu of China finished second at 1:26:21. In the marathon race, Kelai John Ekiru of K...
A Chinese envoy on Thursday strongly criticized countries that question Palestine's eligibility for UN membership under the UN Charter, emphasizing that statehood is an "inalienable national right" of the Palestinian people.More...
450 circles around two beds in five hours at home; a Xi'an runner, Cheng Dadu, continuously ran 100km in the living room; a mother Tan Xue, finished a half marathon at home and posted on social media her race bib, drawn by her son....
HOHHOT, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan long-distance runner Martin Irungu Mathathi and China's Shi Liying won the men's and the women's titles respectively on Sunday at the 2019 Tour of Wuhai Lake International Marathon in Wuhai City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Mathathi, 3...
Zhou Chunxiu (Chinese: 周春秀; pinyin: Zhōu Chūnxiù; born November 15, 1978 in Sheqi County, Henan) is a Chinese marathon runner. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games, finishing the marathon in 33rd place. She placed fourth in the marathon at the 2005 World Championships ...
Marathon runners are regarded as some of the most health-conscious athletes on the planet - but not a Chinese runner known as 'Uncle Chen', who has gone viral for chain-smoking cigarettes while he competes. 马拉松选手被认为是世上最注重健康的运动员之一——但被称为“陈叔”的这位中国选手却是...
Justine loved the idea. She started to try running half marathons backwards and completed a few. Then, she decided to go for a Guinness world record. On her second try, she succeeded and became the fastest backwards half marathon runner. She has since broken her own record twice. ...
Also a runner, Yin encouraged Gu to try the marathon, which piqued his interest. At first, Gu didn't know much about marathons, but after training, he registered for the International Half Marathon in Hangzhou in 2013 and finished it in 1 hour, 58 minutes and 59 seconds. Since then, ...
A runner in his twenties expressed his 5 , saying, “This lady is as old as my grandmother, how can she run so fast? ” After running the 110 km version of the marathon with her 6 in 2020, Wang waited for them to 7 for about 5-6 hours so that they could 8 the finishing line...
BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- At the Yuyuantan Park in central Beijing, capital of China, an elderly runner Zhang Shun, skinny but energetic, resumed his regular training just four days after completing the 2022 Beijing Marathon on November 6 as the last finisher in the company of over 10...