Several champion Chinese runners have been identified among 21 killed in northwestern China when they were hit with freezing cold weather during an ultramarathon Saturday.
Huang Guanjun, …
Several champion Chinese runners have been identified among 21 killed in northwestern China when they were hit with freezing cold weather during an ultramarathon Saturday. Huang Guanjun, who won the men’s marathon for hearing-impaired runners at the country’s 2019 National Paralympic Games, was among the dead, as was ultramarathon champion Liang Jing, according to state media. Just hours into the high-altitude race on Saturday afternoon, the runners were hit with hail, freezing rain and gale-force winds in the Yellow River Stone Forest near Baiyin city, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. Now officials are facing outrage for their lack of contingency planning. “Why didn’t the government read the weather forecast and do a risk assessment?” one commentator wrote on Chinese social media.
