Tuesday, June 26, 2012



This is a story about the changing sports culture in China.

Meet this team from Shanghai. It started with one guy who loves triathlon and who has problems finding enough choices for gear. So he decided to open his own shop selling gear. The shop eventually attracted 3 loyal customers and fans, and the four of them decided to join competitions everywhere in the world. "The sports culture in China is too focussed on cash prizes and athletes are very competitive". "Here, while every competitor's goal is to race, everyone seems to be having lots of fun". "We want to be pioneers and help change the sports culture in China".

But what they didn't talk about was how heroic they were on the night of the Long March. The regulations require team members to stay within 25m from each other. Unfortunately, one of their team members was very sick that day and collapsed on the way. The 3 of them carried the sick member, running miles and miles  back to camp. A new generation of impressive ultramarathoners indeed.

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