A marathon festival was held in Samcheok, Gangwon Province, the hometown of Hwang Yeong-jo, the gold medalist in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
About 5,000 people participated in the ‘Samcheok Hwang Young-jo International Marathon’ held for the first time in 4 years.
Marathon maniacs said they were 메이저사이트 energized by the feeling of running the same course that Hwang Yeong-jo had trained on.
Reporter Jang Jin-cheol visited the race site.

[Reporter]
Runners gathered at the starting line take the first step vigorously with the start slogan.

You started a fight with yourself.

▶ Standing: Jang Jin-cheol / Reporter
– “An international marathon event was held in Samcheok, Gangwon-do, the hometown of Hwang Yeong-jo, the 1992 Barcelona Olympics marathon gold medalist.”

About 5,000 people participated in this event.

Marathon maniacs, who had been waiting for more than 4 years, came running one step at a time.

▶ Interview: Dong-Woo Ahn / Samcheok-si, Gangwon-
“I participated because it was a good opportunity this year because I couldn’t do it because of the corona. It’s not a record I want to achieve, but it’s great to do it with my child.” Running the

course where Hwang Young-jo played and trained is also attractive.

▶Interview: Hwang Yeong-jo / National Sports Promotion Foundation Marathon Director
– “Since marathon is a meaningful event as a national sport that represented Korea, young runners are being discovered through international marathon competitions…”

The highlight of this event, the full course, was won by Cyrus Muturi of Kenya, a guest from overseas, with a time of 2:20:52.

This is MBN News Jang Jin-cheol.