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International marathon run around Shaolin Temple

Xinhua, November 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

An international marathon was staged on Sunday around Shaolin Temple, the cradle of Kung Fu, in Dengfeng City of Henan Province in Central China.

   After starting gun fired, some 2,500 runners were off with hundreds of students Kung Fu show who were all from the martial arts schools in Dengfeng city, where more than 100,000 people from all over the world learn Kung Fu.

   The route of Shaolin Marathon was ran around Shaolin Temple, Songyang Academy, Huishan Temple, Zhongyue Temple, and all of them were in the World Cultural Heritage List.

   "There are too many marathons in China, and I run a marathon almost every weekend, but Shaolin Marathon is different because I can appreciate so many historic monuments in running," said 45-year-old Cui from Heilongjiang Province in northeast China.

   Wang Xiaoning won the men's title in 2 hours and 54 minutes.

   "Shaolin Marathon is not a high level race, and participation is the most important," said Li Peili, an official of the organizing committee.  Endi