China News Service, November 9th. According to the US "World Journal" report, the TCS New York City Marathon (TCS New York City Marathon), which was closed last year due to the epidemic, returned on the 7th. Although the number of participants was limited to 60% in the past, it still did not reduce the number of people. Enthusiasm, a total of about 33,000 contestants galloped through the streets of New York City, many of whom were of Chinese origin.

Data map: On November 7, local time, runners participating in the 50th New York City Marathon (New Horse for short) passed through Queens in New York City during the race.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Fan

　　The New York Marathon, the largest of the six major marathon grand slams in the world, has the largest number of participants over the years. In recent years, more than 50,000 runners from all over the world have participated.

As the 50th anniversary last year, the event was originally expected to be unprecedented. The New York Road Running Association (NYRR), which was responsible for hosting, prepared a series of commemorative and celebration activities a year in advance, but the new crown pneumonia epidemic was raging and forced to cancel.

　　The 50th New York Marathon to be held this year will limit the number of participants to only 60% of the previous, about 33,000 participants. Participants also need to provide a certificate of new coronary pneumonia vaccination to ensure the safe holding of the event.

　　The 26.2-mile track spans the five districts of New York City. In order to strengthen epidemic prevention and reduce crowd gathering, the runners set off in stages, starting from Staten Island at 8 a.m., passing through Brooklyn and Queens to the north, and then to the west. From the Queensboro Bridge (Queensboro Bridge) into Manhattan and the Bronx, and finally to the end of Central Park.

　　According to news from the New York Road Running Association, this year's Kenyan long-distance runner Peres Jepchirchir won the women's competition with a time of two hours, 22 minutes and 39 seconds; the men's group was won by Albert Korir, also from Kenya. Leading to finish the game in two hours, 8 minutes and 22 seconds.

The total prize money this year is 700,000 US dollars, divided equally between men and women.

　　Mr. Zheng, a Chinese-American who participated in New Horse for the first time, traveled to the competition from Connecticut with his friends.

He only started to run and participate in marathons in 2018. In 2019, he signed up for a local half marathon. He originally wanted to participate in New Horse last year, but he encountered the epidemic and the race was cancelled. He was only able to participate this year.

　　Mr. Zheng, who ran the course in two hours and 53 minutes, said that even though some sections of the road in the middle are in a difficult mental state, "it feels like they are in a dark tunnel", but because he also does a good job of mental construction during training, and because of New York The horse had a large audience and the weather was very good, so that the runners could be quite comfortable when running. He also accepted the encouragement and cheers from the audience on the sidelines, and finally finished the race smoothly.

(Yan Jiaying)