On the morning of December 8, the "Running China" series, the "Double Gold" event of the IAAF and the China Athletics Association - the 2019 Guangzhou Marathon Starting Ceremony was held at the Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center.

On the morning of December 8, the " Run China " series, the "Double Gold" event of the IAAF and the China Athletics Association - the 2019 Guangzhou Marathon Starting Ceremony was held at Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center.

This year's Guangma Esports Championship achieved a significant breakthrough, with a total of 8 people breaking the Guangma Esports record and achieving unprecedented domestic marathons. Among them, 6 people broke the men's marathon race record, and the women's marathon record and the women's half-time record were also refreshed one after another.

ADIHANA, a player from Ethiopian , finally won the first place in the Guangma marathon with a score of 2 hours, 8 minutes, 04.

For women, Ethiopian player HIWOT GEBREKIDAN GEBREMARYAM won the first place in the women's entire game with 2 hours, 23 minutes and 50 seconds, and set a new tournament record.

Chinese athlete champion Dong Guojian took 2 hours, 9 minutes, 0 seconds, Peng Jianhua took 2 hours, 09 minutes, 57 seconds, both breaking the tournament record.

In the half marathon event, Chinese athlete Lai Xiaobin won the first place in the half marathon with a time of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 10 seconds, Chinese athlete Yin Xiaoyu won the first place in the half marathon for the fourth consecutive year with a time of 1 hour, 14 minutes and 31 seconds, and shortened the record of the Guangzhou Horse Half-Chancelle by nearly 3 minutes. After the

event, Guangzhou Daily All-Media reporter rushed forward as soon as possible and interviewed the domestic and foreign famous players who won the award.

Ethiopian athlete Adihana, who won the men's full marathon championship, said that although this is not his personal best result, he ran 2 hours, 6 minutes and 23 seconds in Amsterdam in 2016, but he was very happy when he won the award and was very satisfied with the Guangzhou Marathon event. The entire track route was very beautifully designed and one of the best tracks he has experienced.

The bonus setting this time is very generous. The winner has a prize of 40,000 US dollars, and the winner has a prize of 10,000 US dollars. Naibei, the runner-up of the men's full marathon, and Boit, the third-place winner, said they would use it to make some investments. Gebremaryam, who won the first place in the women's Malaysian 2019 Guangzhou Marathon, will receive a $40,000 championship bonus and a $10,000 record-breaking bonus. She said that she would use the bonus to family expenses. In addition, she will use the remaining money to buy professional running equipment and vehicles to improve her training, hoping to achieve better results in the future.

Men's full marathon championship medal was won by Dong Guojian, and he also won the fourth place of the men. He said, " Berlin Marathon has been in the adjustment period after the race. Because he is older, his physical recovery will be slower. This time he is also using competitions to participate in Guangma. His mentality is more important, he runs to a certain level, has sufficient confidence, and has performed relatively stably. This season, his self-confidence and strength have improved. I hope to win a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics."

Dong Guojian has hope for young Chinese marathon players. He said that the competition for Chinese men's marathon players is very fierce, and the young players perform very well. I hope that one day they can surpass themselves and further improve the level of Chinese marathons.

Guangzhou Daily All-Media Text Reporter Sun Jiahui Lin Lin Zhang Danyang Zhang Xiaoyi Xie Zekai

Guangzhou Daily All-Media Picture Reporter Yang Yaoye

Guangzhou Daily All-Media Editor Tang Huan