At 7:30 am yesterday, the 38th Beijing Marathon, known as the "national horse", started. This year, the number of applicants for North Malaysia exceeded 110,000 for the first time, and 26 special invited players from men and women from six countries participated.

Li Zicheng (right) was interviewed after the game.

At 7:30 am yesterday, the 38th Beijing Marathon, known as the "national horse", started. This year, the number of applicants for North Malaysia exceeded 110,000 for the first time, and 26 special invited players from men and women from six countries participated. After more than two hours of competition, Ethiopian athlete Dejene Deborah won the men's championship with 2 hours, 12 minutes and 12 seconds. Compared with black players winning the championship, more people are concerned about the struggle between domestic players, because this year's Beijing Marathon is also the last stop of the first Chinese Marathon Grand Slam .

In the end, Li Zicheng, who is known as the "No. 1 outside the system", crossed the finish line in the fourth place and successfully defended the domestic champion in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 53 seconds. This result was nearly two minutes faster than his 2 hours, 17 minutes and 36 seconds last year in North Malaysia. At the same time, Li Zicheng also locked in the first championship of the Chinese Marathon Grand Slam.

China's first marathon Grand Slam winner

Our reporter contacted Li Zicheng, who had just completed the competition. He told reporters: "Before the Beijing Marathon, I conducted a full four months of closed plateau training in Guizhou. During this period, I didn't participate in a single competition. It was for this competition, so the result of 2 hours and 15 minutes is completely planned."

Started in 2017, the Chinese Marathon Grand Slam started. The four events of Beijing Marathon, Guangzhou Marathon , Chongqing International Marathon and Wuhan Marathon became the founding members of the first event. The Beijing Marathon in the year before the Grand Slam started, and the Beijing Marathon in the second year ended, and 5 events were a cycle. In five games, Li Zicheng won four of the domestic group championships, and the only Chongqing Marathon that did not win the championship was just because he did not participate in the competition.

participated in 45 games in a year and won 42 championships.

Li Zicheng is a typical case from within the system to outside the system.

After the 2013 National Games, Li Zicheng retired from a professional team and settled in Ningbo in 2015, and started the "Li Zicheng Track and Field Club" to train elite mass runners. Zhou Li is a partner of the "Li Zicheng Track and Field Club" and is also his agent. This time, he also accompanied Li Zicheng to participate in the competition in North Malaysia.

Zhou Li said: "In the past three years, Li Zicheng has participated in more than 40 competitions every year. In 2015, he even set a magical record of 42 championships in 45 competitions; in 2016, he participated in more than 40 competitions and 41 competitions in 2017. Last year, he won 12 championships in 17 full marathons, and he created the best result of the Chinese marathon half-marathon in this year." Zhou Li told reporters that Li Zicheng's number of competitions in recent years is unique in China.

has a good result from being more self-disciplined than professional players. In the past five years since leaving the professional team, in Zhou Li's opinion, Li Zicheng is even more self-disciplined than professional players. "Li Zicheng is a coach for himself, formulates training plans, finds a venue to train himself, and pays to hire a masseur. There are no teammates with similar levels in training. I drive a battery car and run around, basically guaranteeing a training volume of 20 kilometers every day."

The battle for the top spot in the Grand Slam yesterday was settled. Li Zicheng said that this championship is of great significance to him, and it is the best reward for an athlete's self-discipline.

Zhou Li told reporters that although the marathon is lively, there are definitely no more than one hundred people who can live on bonuses in China. Even the master Li Zicheng's bonus income last year had just exceeded 500,000 yuan. Li Zicheng also said: "If you want to get a bonus in China, you must enter the top eight, but the effort you put into the top eight is unimaginable. Therefore, it is difficult to persevere without true love for running." After the end of

, Li Zicheng will also appear on the track of Hangzhou Marathon in November. "I only won one Hangzhou half-time champion before. I signed up for the whole journey of Hangzhou for the first time this year. The weather in November is very good, and I hope to achieve a good result."

Marathon world record broke

Beijing time on the 2018 Berlin Marathon held yesterday afternoon Beijing time, Rio Olympic men's marathon champion, Kenyan athlete Ailiod Kipchoge won the championship with a time of 2 hours 01 minutes 39 seconds. This result also broke the 2 hours 02 minutes 57 seconds set by Kenyan athlete Kimeto in the 2014 Berlin Marathon , and raised the world record by 1 minute 18 seconds.