Radio Taiwan International 
Date: 30 April, 2019
By: John Van Trieste

Army Captain Ge Peng-hsin, a Taiwanese running champion

A Taiwanese army captain has just become the first member of Taiwan’s armed forces to finish all six of the world’s major international marathons.

From Boston to Tokyo, he has been chasing his dream of finishing each of the “big six”, and holding up Taiwan’s flag at the finish line. Now, with the London Marathon, his mission is complete.

27-year-old Captain Ge Peng-hsin knows a thing or two about endurance. As an army captain and former member of Taiwan’s combat frogmen, he has been through his share of brutal training.

On Sunday, his physical strength and mental toughness paid off as he achieved a major goal- finishing the Boston, New York, Chicago, Berlin, Tokyo, and London marathons.
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