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SUQIAN, China, April 4, 2023 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

2023 Jingdong Suqian Marathon and the Grand Canal Marathon series (Suqian)

started in the hometown of King Xiang Yu (the Overlord of Western Chu) at 7:30

am, April 2nd, with 12,000 marathon runners rushing to the track with great

enthusiasm.

As the youngest prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, Suqian is one of the

prefecture-level cities with the fastest developing speed and the most obvious

comprehensive strength improvement in the Yangtze River Delta region. The

Jingdong Suqian Marathon course starts from the hometown of Xiang Yu, along the

abandoned Yellow River, the Grand Canal, through the Pear Orchid Sea and the

Luoma Lake. It enables runners to savor the beauty of Suqian's natural ecology,

urban and rural livability, landscape charm and human culture, and green

development in their running.

In 2021, the debut of Jingdong Suqian Marathon left the circle with "zero

negative comment". This competition is the second marathon held in Suqian, and

it is also a sports and tourism combined brand event built by Suqian Municipal

Government. The competition attracted 15,170 contestants, covering 32

provincial administrative units across the country, including 11 elite foreign

contestants. After the fierce competition, Ethiopian contestants AMANUEL

TESHOME TEREFE and BETELHEM HAJI SERB won the men's and women's full marathon

respectively. They set new records for the Jingdong Suqian Marathon, according

to Suqian City Marathon Organizing Committee.

Since last year, Suqian has carried out more than 200 events in 21 projects to

continuously promote the construction of an international fashion sports city.

Source: Suqian City Marathon Organizing Committee

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   Caption: More than 10,000 runners participated in the marathon in Suqian, the "water and

wine town" in China.