Xinhua: At least 16 runners dead as extreme weather hits China race Sports Malay Mail


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Officials: 20 runners dead as extreme weather hits China ultramarathon Sunday, 23 May 2021 07:37 AM MYT BEIJING, May 23 — Twenty people were killed and one remains missing after hail, freezing rain and high winds hit runners taking part in a 100-kilometre cross-country mountain race in China, local officials said Sunday. “Abrupt, extreme weather” hit a high-altitude section of the race held in the Yellow River Stone Forest near Baiyin city in northwestern Gansu province around 1pm Saturday, Baiyin city officials said at a briefing. “At around noon, the high-altitude section of the race between 20 and 31 kilometres...