2006 Xiamen International Marathon Results

The 2006 C&D Xiamen International Marathon started on time at 8:00 on March 25, 2006. The Xiamen Marathon is 42.195 kilometers long. After 2 hours, 10 minutes and 46 seconds, Kenyan runner Kama crossed the finish line first and won the championship. Kenyan runner Kai Peter accelerated at the last moment and finished second. Chinese player Deng Haiyang finished third.

On March 25, Beijing time, the 2006 C&D Xiamen International Marathon was fired in Xiamen this morning. In the end, the Kenyan duo Kiplagat and Kip Courier won the men's championship and runner-up. , China’s Deng Haiyang won the third runner-up. In the women's group, China took the top three places, with Sun Weiwei taking first place. Defending champion Zhou Chunxiu withdrew from the competition midway due to physical discomfort. Competition video

Xiamen Island, which had heavy rain yesterday, had a cool weather this morning and the air pressure was very low, which caused certain difficulties for the players' performance

. The women's team will form the first group at the beginning of the competition. Zhou Chunxiu, who just won the Seoul Marathon this month, maintains the leading position. If she can win, she will win an unprecedented four consecutive championships. After more than 10 minutes, the first group gradually divided. Zhou Chunxiu still maintained the first place. The three female players of the Liaoning team, Sun Weiwei, Zhu Xiaoling and Jin Man, formed a double-team on Zhou Chunxiu. An accident occurred halfway through the race. Zhou Chunxiu chose to withdraw from the competition because she suddenly felt unwell. Her abstention made the competition for the championship more intense. In the end, Sun Weiwei relied on his strength in the sprint stage to cross the finish line first in 2 hours, 26 minutes and 32 seconds. This result was even better than Zhou Chunxiu's 2 hours, 29 minutes and 58 seconds that won the championship last year.

After Sun Weiwei crossed the finish line, heavy rain suddenly poured down, disrupting the normal progress of the event. However, Zhu Xiaoling and Jin Man still successfully reached the finish line and won the second and third place respectively, with results of 2 hours, 28 minutes and 27 seconds respectively. 2 hours, 29 minutes and 11 seconds.

The previously determined gold medal in the men’s event was won by Kenyan star Kiplagat with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 46 seconds, although Kiplagat is the most famous runner in the Xiamen Marathon. , but this result can only rank third among all previous champions. Although Deng Haiyang from Yunnan, China performed well throughout the entire race, he was overtaken by Kip Courier, a compatriot from Kiplagat, in the last five meters and won the third place with a difference of 1 second; Kip Courier won the runner-up with a score of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 49 seconds.