BEIJING — The 2021 Xiamen Marathon kicked off in Xiamen, Fujian province on Saturday with a total of 12,000 runners.
Originally scheduled for January 3, the race was postponed to April 10 following a circular issued on December 31 by China’s State Council task force on combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 Xiamen Marathon has attracted 67 outstanding contestants, including 54 male runners who have finished a full race within 2:35:00 and 13 females within 2:50:00.
Yang Dinghong, the winner of the men’s division, said both the course and the service at Xiamen Marathon was quite nice. “I was well prepared for this race after three months of winter training,” he said…
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