The new Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon was held today (12th). As the first sports event following the lifting of the local epidemic prevention measures, this year’s event attracted regarding 50,000 people to sign up, and finally 37,000 people participated, one more than the previous 18,500 people. times. The first race started at 5:45 in the morning. The half marathon and the whole marathon started from Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. The 10km race started near the Eastern Corridor, and the very friendly actor Chow Yun Fat “Fat Brother” also participated in it. When he started running with the crowd, he did not forget to wave to the camera and smiled brightly. The half marathon passes through the West Kowloon Highway and the Central waterfront, the full marathon passes through the Stonecutters Bridge and the Ting Kau Bridge, and the 10km race starts in the Eastern District Corridor. All three races finish at Victoria Park.
In previous years, some contestants dressed up carefully for the competition, but today, although there was light rain occasionally, it did not hinder the enthusiasm of the contestants. Some contestants wore the inflatable costumes of the faceless men in the animated movie “Spirited Away”, and many spectators came to the scene The field cheers for the competitors who cross the line. Only the players felt sick and vomited following reaching the finish line, and some players were injured and were sent away for treatment by the on-site medical auxiliary team. According to the Hospital Authority, as of 9 am, 8 runners were sent to the hospital, involving 6 men and 2 women. Six of them are in stable condition and the remaining two have been discharged.
At regarding 6:20 in the morning, the first champion was announced. The champion of the 10km race challenge was won by the previous champion Huang Zitu with a score of 32 minutes and 10 seconds. The champion of the women’s 10km race was Cai Xinyan with a score of 37 minutes and 21 seconds. Huang Zitu felt a little disappointed that he failed to refresh his personal best result, but he believed that the successful defense of the championship had achieved his goal. There was light rain at the beginning of this morning, and the ground was wet, which affected his performance. He expressed that he prefers to start from the western tunnel entrance last year and be able to travel through the city, but it is also meaningful to return to the traditional track.
The champion of the half-marathon race was Huang Qile, the previous full-marathon champion, with a time of 1 hour, 09 minutes and 50 seconds, which is regarding 2 minutes behind his personal best record. He said that he will focus more on the East Malaysia next month, and this time it will be the preliminaries , this time the weather has a great impact and the road section is challenging. The champion of the women’s race is Luo Yinghang. The track is the most difficult, especially at the western tunnel entrance. She challenged the 10km race last year, but this year she switched to the half marathon. Many runners come out to run”, I feel very happy. Chow Yun-fat, who participated in the 10km run of the Standard Chartered Marathon for the first time, following finishing the race, many runners rushed to take photos with him. He felt that the atmosphere of the race was lively and he would participate once more next year. He also said that the humidity is high today and there is a section of road Hard.
The men’s champion of the marathon race was from Kenya, with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 47 seconds. The second and third places were both from Ethiopia. The first local contestant was Ji Jiawen, with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes and 45 seconds. He pointed out that this competition is mainly to cheer up his father who was admitted to the hospital following a stroke, and encourage him not to give up. “As long as you don’t give up, life will be full of hope.” It is said that 7 points in the marathon depend on willpower and 3 points depend on physical strength. The first three places in the women’s race of the Marathon were all arranged by athletes from Ethiopia, and the local women’s first place was Huang Zhuoning, with a time of 2 hours, 50 minutes and 02 seconds. She expressed that she was very happy. He also pointed out that there were many passers-by cheering for the contestants along the way, and the atmosphere was enthusiastic.
