SHANGHAI, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — The 2020 Shanghai International Marathon kicked off at 7 a.m. here on Sunday. Jia Erenjia and Li Zhixuan from China won the crown for male and female runners respectively.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s event only included the full marathon of 42.195 kilometers with 9,000 participants drawn from 120,000 applicants.…

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