Participants pose for a photograph before the start of a half-marathon in Beijing on April 24 last year. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY Shanghai announcement On Nov 3, three days before the Beijing Marathon, the Shanghai Marathon Organizing Committee announced that this year's race would be held at 7 am on Nov 27. Competitors must be Shanghai permanent residents — those taking …
Long-distance running in booming in China but concern is rising over poorly regulated races that have sprung up across the country. Shanghai: At least 60 marathons and cross-country races have been cancelled or postponed in China after 21 runners died when extreme weather hit an ultramarathon last weekend, state media said Thursday. A 100-kilometre cross-country mountain race in the northwestern …
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