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The Good Man Returns I love Hanma

【Commentary】The 2023 Wuhan Marathon started on April 4, with nearly 16,2 runners participating in the event.

【Commentary】Founded in 2016, Hanma is one of the gold medal events of the Chinese Athletics Association and one of the Chinese marathon Grand Slam events. Because the track crosses "one city, two rivers, three towns, four bridges and five lakes", and passes Hankou River Beach, Yangtze River Bridge, Yellow Crane Tower, East Lake and other Wuhan city landmarks along the way, it is praised as the "most beautiful track" by runners.

【Commentary】Affected by the epidemic and other factors, Hanma will suspend offline competitions from 2020 to 2022. This year's theme of Hanma is "The Return of the Good Man".

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We finally waited for this day, and finally the good man returned.

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Just like the organizing committee said, the return of the good man, we have to re-prove ourselves, this is a heroic city, there are also heroic people.

【Commentary】At 7:30 that day, Hanma fired a gun and started. In the end, He Jie, Yang Shaohui and Dong Guojian won the top three, which was also the first time that Chinese players won the championship and runner-up since the Hanma event. Last month, He Jie, who broke the 15-year national record for men's marathon in Wuxi, crossed the finish line first in 2 hours, 12 minutes and 35 seconds that day.

【Contemporaneous】Chinese marathon runner He Jie

The biggest challenge is that after 35 kilometers, the temperature came up directly, the sun was direct, my eyes were directly blurred, the five-ring Olympic dream, representing the dark horse, the Chinese marathon dark horse, because I was a sparring athlete at the beginning, then I want to be that dark horse.

【Commentary】The return of the event has also driven local cultural tourism consumption. Not only did the 2023 Wuhan Sports Consumption Week held at the same time attract many exhibitors and the public, but the hotels around the track are "difficult to find". Many foreign participants said that after the competition, they would "check in" local popular scenic spots and taste Chinese food.

Reporter Zou Hao reported from Wuhan, Hubei Province

Responsible Editor: [Peng Dawei]