20,000 runners hit the road for SZ Marathon
From:
Shenzhen Daily
Updated: 2023-02-21 10:02
The HONOR•Shenzhen Marathon 2022 kicked off at 7:30 a.m. at the Civic Center in Futian District today. He Jie from China and Adula Askale Alemayehu from Ethiopia won the crown for male and female runners, respectively.
He Jie completed the entire race in two hours, 12 minutes and 29 seconds, making history by becoming the first Chinese runner to snatch the gold for the full marathon. On the other hand, Alemayehu made it to the finish line clocking in at 2:34:19.
This year’s Shenzhen Marathon saw 10,000 full marathon runners (including 300 running groups) from 14 countries and regions, 34 of whom are foreign nationals and 78 from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
