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Shanghai Half Marathon makes a return

By Ma Yue | 00:00 UTC+8 April 19, 2021 | Print Edition

THE 2021 Shanghai Half Marathon attracted 6,000 runners who set off on the 21-kilometer race from Pudong’s Oriental Pearl TV Tower early yesterday.

The annual event was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The number of participants was set at 6,000 this year, down from 15,000 in 2019. Elite athletes from overseas were also absent this year, leaving the podium open to domestic runners.

Wang Zhuang became the first male runner to cross the finish line at the Oriental Sports Center, clocking 1 hour 6 minutes and 57 seconds. The women’s crown went to Zhang Xinyan, who completed the route in 1 hour 13 minutes and 6 seconds. Each won a prize of 50,000 yuan (US$7,665).

The first 200 male and 100 females won quotas for the 2021 Shanghai Marathon, which is scheduled for the second half of the year.

Shanghai endured a round of air pollution on Friday and Saturday due to a sandstorm with PM10 blowing in from the north. The situation eased in the morning yesterday, and the air quality returned to good by 1am.

Olympic champion swimmer Le Jingyi joined officials to fire the start gun. According to the organizers, over 99 percent of the runners managed to complete the race.

Some 1,600 front-tier staff members and volunteers provided services for the event after passing nucleic acid tests. Fifteen ambulances and 21 medical spots were arranged along the route, with water and snack supply stations set up every 5km.

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