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Wings for Life World Run staged in Georgia

Xinhua, May 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

Over 5000 running fans on Sunday joined the Georgian section of the initial Wings for Life World Run 2015.

Representatives of different organizations, corporations, banks, celebrities and political figures along with individual runners joined for charity and raised 100,000 Laris (45,000 USD) for the research and recovery of spinal diseases and disabilities.

The Wings for Life World Run was initiated by Britain's Olympic sprinter Colin Jackson who proposed a special racing format.

The Wings for Life World Run requires all of this year's 35 participating countries to start their race at exactly the same time. All races have starting lines with no finishing line.

Thirty minutes after all runners set out, an official organizer Catcher Car starts to catch up with runners. The first runners caught up by the Catcher Car should finish their race while the last runners caught up by the Catcher Car would be declared winners of the race.

Finally, the female winner is Linda Van Vliet from the Netherlands and male winner goes to Anatoli Oleinikov from Georgia. Endi