The Beijing marathon was held this Sunday in the Chinese capital, after a three-year absence due to the covid pandemic, with a contingent of participants limited to local runners due to measures related to the governing “zero covid” policy China.
With no international numbers at the start, in the men’s category the title of winner was taken by Anubaike Kuanwith a time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 34 seconds, while his countryman Xia Yuyu She did the same in the women’s section, stopping the clock in 2 hours 28 minutes and 57 seconds.
“I am honored to win the Beijing Marathon on its 40th anniversary. I am happy to compete again. It is an unforgettable memory for me to run in this beautiful season in Beijing. Thanks to everyone who cheered me along, ” he wrote. Anubaike on Weibo – Equal to Twittercensored in China -, After the race.
Neither of today’s two winners entered the top 20 times in the edition held in 2019, the last contested before two cancellations in the following years due to the pandemic, and which had a greater international representation, including the Kenyan. Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio (2 hours 7 minutes 6 seconds) and the Ethiopian Sutume Asefa Kebede (2 hours 23 minutes 31 seconds) as the winners.
The greatest achievement of the 40th edition of the Beijing race was its festival, with about 20,000 runners, but with a participation of less international relevance because quarantines were required to enter the country.
In addition, the marathoners who entered China they can only register for the exam if they prove they have stayed Beijing seven days before the race.
The last requirement to be in the beginning is to provide proof negative PCR in the 24 hours before the race, but participation is still not guaranteed, as evidenced by the last-minute withdrawals of some runners identified as close contacts of confirmed cases.
The 42.195-kilometer circuit is the same as the one planned for 2019, starting at the Plaza de Tiananmen and finish line at Olympic park from the capital, except for the last four kilometers.
Source: La Verdad
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