Stair-climbing race held at SWFC

By Yang Jian | October 17, 2016, Monday |

Online Edition

OVER 1,000 athletes and residents from over 20 nations participated in a stair- climbing race at the Shanghai World Financial Center Sunday.

The race, known as the “vertical marathon”, held at the city’s second tallest building.

Some 300 professional athletes and 700 local residents, including those from the United States, France, Japan, Estonia, Brazil, Sweden and Finland took part in the event.

“The tower climbing is really fun as it makes me enjoy the last part of a Marathon without feeling exhausted,” said John McCarthy from New York, a PE teacher with a local international school who has taken part in the race for four years.

The winner Zeng Wenbo from southeast Fujian Province broke the record by reaching the top of the building with about 16 minutes.

He was awarded a gold bar with diamond worth 10,000 yuan by the center, which has held the race since 2011. More similar races will be held in the building to encourage locals to take more actively part in the sports exercises, the management of the building said.

Metro

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Stair-climbing race held at SWFC

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