Shanghai marathon defies coronavirus with 9,000 runners Inquirer Sports


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Runners take part in the 2020 Shanghai marathon in Shanghai on November 29, 2020. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT Around 9,000 runners — some wearing face masks — took part in the Shanghai International Marathon Sunday, Chinese media said, a rare mass event in a year when coronavirus laid waste to most such sport. Prior to 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. ADVERTISEMENT The prestigious New York, Berlin, Boston...