China News Service, Beijing, April 24 (Reporter Xing Chong) Beijing International Long-distance Running Festival in 2021-Beijing Half Marathon shot on the 24th.
This is the first 10,000-person sports event held in Beijing this year, and both men's and women's tournament records have been broken.
Beijing International Long-distance Running Festival—Beijing Half Marathon is a national fitness event with a long history of 65 years and one of the longest mass traditional sports activities in China.
This year's event is the first large-scale outdoor event with a scale of 10,000 people held in Beijing after the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.
For the sake of epidemic prevention, the referees and volunteers instructed the runners to stand according to the spot spacing on the spot, and the left and right sides and the front and back rows were kept 1 meter social distance.
In addition, near the entrance, the organizing committee has set up 90 admission channels, and is equipped with 90 intelligent detection devices that integrate face recognition and temperature measurement functions. The detection efficiency is greatly improved, and it can protect about 10,000 runners. Enter quickly to minimize congestion.
At 7 am, the race started in Tiananmen Square and ended at the Celebration Square in the central area of the Olympic Park.
The temperature in Beijing in the morning is about 17 degrees, which is more suitable for runners to exercise.
After the start of the race, Chinese marathon stars Peng Jianhua, Yang Kegu, and Yang Dinghong formed a leading legion, and the gap between the three has not been widened.
Until the final 50 meters, Peng Jianhua won the championship with extreme sprint, a result of 1 hour, 04 minutes and 53 seconds.
Yang Kegu and Yang Dinghong scored 1 hour 04 minutes 55 seconds and 1 hour 04 minutes 56 seconds respectively, winning the second and third places respectively.
The results of the three broke the 2019 tournament record of 1 hour 05 minutes 24 seconds set by Liu Hongliang.
Subsequently, Jin Mingming became the first female player to cross the line and won the championship with a record of 1 hour, 10 minutes and 35 seconds.
Beijing International Long-distance Running Festival—Beijing Half Marathon originated from the "Beijing Victory Cup Round the City Race" held in 1956, and was later renamed "Beijing Spring Festival Round the City Race". In 2007, the event was officially renamed "Beijing International Long-distance Running Festival", 2016 Upgraded to a half marathon in the year.
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