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| Chunchon Int'l Marathon Korea (South) Seoul Marathon October marathon@chosun.com http://marathon.chosun.com "Held on August 9th, the marathon at the 11th Olympics in Berlin was one of the most exciting races of all time with approximately 1,300 officials and over a million spectators filling the main stadium and lined up along the 42.195Km course.At the sound of a pistol, 56 runners from 27 countries filed out of the stadium with Ki-Jung Son in 32nd place and Seung-Ryoung Nam in 49th place. But as the runners approached the Bismark Hill, which was 28 kilometers into the course and was considered the decisive point in winning the race, Korea's Son started to overtake Argentina's gold medalist in the 10th Los Angeles Olympic Games, who was trying for a second consecutive win. Son ran on alone through a crowd of one hundred thousand spectators lined up for over 2 kilometers along the course leading to the stadium. He crossed the finish line in an Olympic record time of 2 hours 29 minutes and 19 seconds. Two minutes later Korea's Seung-Ryoung Nam came in third at 2 hours 31 minutes and 42 seconds. This was a great feat which elevated the spirit for Koreans through the marathon." |
