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Olympic effect? Constant progression? The 28th edition of the Marathon of Peking this year attracted 30 000 participants, either in 5000 more than in 2007. The popular success of the competition is not surprising, the promoters making the maximum to adapt to all levels of competitors.

Held last Sunday in the Chinese capital, the Marathon of Peking saw two countries coming out of the share: Kenya at the men, and China at the women. One as the other monopolized the three places of the rostrum, Benjamin Kiptoo taking back the male race in 2h10min14sec before compatriots Luka Chelimo and Simon Wangai.

In the feminine test, the youngster Bay Xue imposed itself in two other 2h26min47se before complicate: Chen Rong and Zhang Yingying. But more sporty that the results, where no record of time has been beaten, it is especially the size every year a little bigger of the competition that it will be necessary to keep.

Already popular since several years by the amateurs of jogging, the test pekinese beat its record of involvement in 2008. 30 000 runners hurried to the departure of the race in anmen Tian. A score above the 25 extensively 000 of 2007.

It is necessary to say that sporty biggest event in the Chinese capital since the OJ tried to inflate number of participants. 4 different tests have been proposed in order to adapt to all levels: the traditional marathon (42,195 km), the half marathon (21 km), the 10 km and the mini marathon (4.2 km).

In clear, there was some for all tastes and all ambitions. Today, the Marathon of Peking, more that a simple sporty competition, became an event as much all tourist and cultural. The major part of the participants, fans, benefits from this visit to the Chinese capital or even of other cities of the country.

Some tourist circuits organize numerous associations and agencies of same journey around besides the Marathon of Peking. What can one expect for next year? Again more that the 30 000 runners of 2008 as well as new records of time among the winners?

1981 organized in Beijing for the first time in 1986 the fifth better result in the History of Japanese Marathon Runner Kodana Taisuke established a new record (2:07:35) in 1986

In 1988, the same record of 1986 is established once again by Abebe Mekonnen coming from Ethiopia

In 2003, bottom rider known of China, Sun Yingjie, the second obtain better record of the feminine world to the marathon.