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original title: 1554 people broke three times in the 2024 hengshui lake marathon

on the 22nd, the 2024 hengshui lake marathon and the national marathon championship (second stop) started in hengshui city, hebei province. on the cool and pleasant lakeside track, 1,554 runners successfully "broke the three-hour mark" (finished the race within 3 hours), of which 148 broke the "230" mark (finished the race within 2 hours and 30 minutes).

the hengshui lake marathon has been held since 2012 and has been rated as a "gold label event" by the world athletics federation. it has been included in the china marathon championship since 2014. the start and finish of this event are located at the hengshui lake marathon square. the track has an average altitude of 22 meters and only 10 turns, so runners can strive for their personal best results in good condition.

the event includes two events: marathon and health run (5 kilometers). there are 10,000 participants in the marathon and 10,000 participants in the health run. the participants come from 26 countries and regions including china, ethiopia, kenya, germany, the united kingdom, canada, etc.

in the men's full marathon, kenyan runner kip korir won the championship in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 57 seconds. the women's full marathon champion was ethiopian runner amte, who won the championship in 2 hours, 23 minutes and 39 seconds and broke the event record.

"i felt very good in today's competition and i am very satisfied. the environment here is very beautiful, the competition is very professional, and it was a successful competition." kipkorir said after the game.

in the relevant results of the national marathon championships, feng peiyou won the men's championship with 2 hours, 10 minutes and 13 seconds, and tsering como won the women's championship with 2 hours, 26 minutes and 47 seconds.

feng peiyou said: "i am very satisfied with the result today. i participated in the hengshui lake marathon last year. the organization of this year's event has been improved. the overall feeling is very good. there were cheers from the audience all the way, which gave me more strength."

the event is hosted by the chinese track and field association, hebei provincial sports bureau, and hengshui municipal people's government. (yang fan)

(xinhuanet)