By Ye Guo, Li Tong, Li Bo and Peng Changqing

At 7 am on 21st April, Nantong Marathon was started. 25 thousand runners from all over the world released their passion on the track.

The competition’s full length is 42.195 km. There are 3 events: full marathon, half marathon and fun run. The number of participants reached 5000, 7000 and 13 thousand respectively. It attracted players from countries including America, Singapore, Japan, Britain, Afghanistan, Austria, Brazil, Russia, France, Canada, Malaysia, South Africa, Venezuela, North Korea, Kenya, and Ethiopia and Hong Kong and Taiwan of China. More than 100 Taiwan residents formed teams to come to Nantong to participate.