Polish, Australian runners win Taipei 101 Run Up

Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/05
By:  Central News Agency

Taipei (CNA) – Polish national Piotr Lobodzinski and Australian Suzy Walsham won

Taipei 101 Run Up winners Piotr Lobodzinski and Suzy Walsham. (By Central News Agency)

the men’s and women’s events at the annual Taipei 101 Run Up on Saturday.

This year, elite runners were required to participate in two rounds, for which they received points, the athlete with the highest combined score being declared the winner. In the first round, competitors ran from the first to the 35th floor and in the second round from the first to the 91st floor.

Lobodzinski and Walsham won both rounds, receiving a maximum 560 points to clinch the titles.

However, neither of them broke the record for running from the first to the 91st floor, set by Australian Paul Crake in the men’s category with 10:29.32 and Austrian Andrea Mayr with 12:38.85, both in 2005.    [FULL  STORY]

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