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China: Twenty-one runners die as extreme weather hits cross-country mountain race

by Eucharia Egwuma
May 24, 2021
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China: Twenty-one runners die as extreme weather hits cross-country mountain race

Rescuers worked overnight in the hope of finding survivors

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Hail, freezing rain, gale-force winds and a sudden drop in temperature hit the runners of a mountain marathon race.

Twenty-one people have died during a mountain marathon cross-country race in northwest China.

According to China’s official Xinhua news agency, extreme weather – hail, freezing rain, and gale-force winds – caused a sudden drop in temperature as the race reached its high-altitude stage on Saturday afternoon.

More than 700 rescuers spent the night searching for five people who were originally listed as missing, before finding their bodies in the early hours of Sunday.

In this photo released by China...s Xinhua News Agency, an emergency vehicle drives toward the Yellow River Stone Forest tourist site in Baiyin in northwestern China...s Gansu Province, Sunday, May 23, 2021. Rescuers in China say a number of people have died and others are missing in extreme weather during a mountain marathon cross-country race in the country...s northwest. (Guo Gang/Xinhua via AP)
The race was stopped after the extreme weather. Pic: AP

The race, at the Yellow River Stone Forest tourist site in Baiyin city, Gansu province, began with runners wearing t-shirts and shorts under overcast skies, according to photos on social media.

But it had to be stopped later after runners started to go missing while running on an extremely narrow mountain path.

A total of 172 joined the 60-mile race and 151 were confirmed to be safe.

Eight of them have minor injuries and are being treated in hospital.

Baiyin’s mayor Zhang Xuchen apologised as the organiser of the event, telling a new conference: “We express deep condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims and the injured.”

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