The Chinese communist regime announced on May 23 that 21 athletes, including China’s marathon champions, died at the Gansu ultramarathon due to the extreme weather. The death list includes Liang Jing, 31, China’s ultramarathon record holder, Huang Guanjun, 34, winner of the men’s marathon for hearing-impaired runners at China’s 2019 National Paralympic Games, and famous ultramarathon runners Huang Yinbin and Cao Pengfei. “All elite ultramarathon runners died,” a Chinese netizen wrote on Weibo on Sunday. From videos and photos that surviving sportsmen shot onsite and shared on social media, the athletes dressed in shorts were stuck in no man’s land and couldn’t procure clothes to stay warm or food to keep going. “This is definitely a man-made catastrophe!” a Chinese netizen from Guangdong Province commented on a news report of the official’s statement on May 23. “These 21 people were frozen to death!” wrote Chinese media The Economic Observer in a commentary on Sunday …
Organizer of Ultramarathon in China Fails to Protect Runners in Extreme Weather, 21 Die
May 23, 2021
admin
0 Comment