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    Songshan Shaolin International Marathon

    The Second Songshan Shaolin International Marathon Held in Dengfeng
    2015-11-22 19:43:10 CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: zhang



    The Second Songshan Shaolin International Marathon has been held in Dengfeng city of central China's Henan province, November 22, 2015. [Photo: Imagine China]

    A Chinese runner has taken the men's title at the Songshan Shaolin International Marathon held today in the city of Dengfeng in Henan.

    Wang Xiaoning took the title in a time of just under 3-hours.

    Around 25-hundred runners from China and elsewhere took part in the competition.
    International marathon run around Shaolin Temple
    English.news.cn 2015-11-22 16:57:56
    ZHENGZHOU, China, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- An international marathon was staged on Sunday around Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Kung Fu, in Dengfeng City of Henan Province in Central China.

    After starting gun fired, some 2,500 runners were off with hundreds of students Kung Fu show who were all from the martial arts schools in Dengfeng city, where more than 100,000 people from all over the world learn Kung Fu.

    The route of Shaolin Marathon was ran around Shaolin Temple, Songyang Academy, Huishan Temple, Zhongyue Temple, and all of them were in the World Cultural Heritage List.

    "There are too many marathons in China, and I run a marathon almost every weekend, but Shaolin Marathon is different because I can appreciate so many historic monuments in running," said 45-year-old Cui from Heilongjiang Province in northeast China.

    Wang Xiaoning won the men's title in 2 hours and 54 minutes.

    "Shaolin Marathon is not a high level race, and participation is the most important," said Li Peili, an official of the organizing committee.

    Editor: Tian Shaohui
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    Amogne Sendeku Alelgn

    Hook this champ up with some Feiyues!

    Ethiopian runner wins international marathon in sandals
    (People's Daily Online) 17:25, November 01, 2017



    An Ethiopian runner has become a star on Chinese social media after he won the Songshan Shaolin International Marathon in Henan Province on Oct. 29 in a pair of battered sandals.
    The runner, Amogne Sendeku Alelgn, won the men’s competition with a result of 2 hours, 28 minutes, and 2 seconds. He received a medal blessed by a senior monk at the Shaolin Temple, as well as 20,000 yuan. Photos of him running in a pair of blue sandals were later posted on Chinese social media platforms, garnering thousands of comments, many of which called them his “magic weapon.”
    “The African runner is truly talented. Compared to the other competitors with much better running equipment, his sandals seem to be a fair statement of his true ability, telling the world that a good runner can win without any outside assistance,” wrote a netizen on Sina Weibo.



    “It may sound silly to ask, but I wonder whether the sandals can actually help the runner to boost his stamina?” wrote another netizen, who added that Alelgn also won last week’s Jingyuan International Marathon in Gansu Province with the same pair of shoes.
    Intrigued by his Chinese fans’ questions, Alelgn said the sandals have no special power, giving the credit of his success to good luck, according to People’s Daily Online.

    (Web editor: Kou Jie, Bianji)
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