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2019 Wuxi Marathon sets new national record

By Pan Qi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-03-26 15:08
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The 2019 Beverly Wuxi Marathon begins amidst a shower of pink flower petals as rouring crowds cheered runners on, March 24, 2019. [Photo by Mao Weijun/Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Seven hundred and forty runners out of the 20,000 full marathon participants finished within three hours, beating the previous national record of 720 held by the 2018 Shanghai Marathon.

Negawo Asnake Dubre and Tsehay Gebre Getiso from Ethiopia took the title for the men's and women's full marathon with record-breaking times of 02:10:21 and 02:28:06. Jia'e Renjia from Qinghai province claimed the championship for the men's half marathon with a personal best of 01:05:05.

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