Shanghai marathon defies coronavirus with 9,000 runners, East Asia


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SHANGHAI (AFP) - Around 9,000 runners - some wearing face masks - took part in the Shanghai International Marathon on Sunday (Nov 29), Chinese media said, a rare mass event in a year when coronavirus laid waste to most such sport. Before the race, officials touted it as an opportunity to show how China - where the virus emerged late last year before unleashing a pandemic - is moving ahead despite the continuing global health crisis. The prestigious New York, Berlin, Boston and Chicago marathons all fell victim to coronavirus this year , while London and Tokyo were open only...