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SHANGHAI: 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 COVID-19 laid waste to most such sport. Prior to the race officials touted it as an opportunity to show how China - where the coronavirus emerged late last year before unleashing a pandemic - is moving ahead despite the continuing global health crisis. Advertisement READ: China reports 11 new COVID-19 cases vs six a day earlier The prestigious New York, Berlin, Boston and Chicago marathons all fell victim...
