介绍:
The Beijing International Marathon concluded in heavy smog on Sunday in heavy with Ethiopian Fatuma Sado Dergo finishing first in the 42-kilometer run.
(Today/Soudbite/1020 Participant)
"I was upset after failing in the first lottery, thinking that I might not have the chance to run this year. But I made it in the second lottery. I'm quite excited."
Despite participants' enthusiasm, the National Meteorological Center extended a yellow alert for severe smog and air pollution in the capital. PM 2.5 read 331, pushing pollution well past healthy levels.
Some of the runners wore masks during the marathon. Although heavy smog has hit Beijing since last Saturday the contest went on as scheduled marking it's 23rd year.
Notes:
- However, authorities warned runners with respiratory diseases not to participate in the race. Ambulances and medical staff were prepared at the finishing point, with enhanced water sprays and some 140,000 pieces of cleansing cotton tissues for the competitors during the course.
- On Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, netizens cracked jokes about the smog-shrouded event. "If an entrant finished the course in three hours, he or she would have inhaled 4.46 mg of particulate. With 2.23 mg remaining in the lungs, it would be equal to smoking more than 300 cigarettes," read one comment.
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