This year’s Taipei Expressway Marathon attracted a total of 8,040 runners from 31 countries

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/03/10 
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

(photo courtesy of Chinese Taipei Road Running Association, the event organizer)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan’s Fu Shu-ping (傅淑萍) successfully defended her title in the 2019 Taipei Expressway Marathon (台北國道馬拉松) on Sunday, finishing in two hours, 52 minutes, and 14 seconds in the women’s event, Central News Agency (CNA) reported on the same day.

The title of the men’s event was won by Kenyan runner Chirchir Jackson Kiprotich for the third time in a row, CNA reported. He clocked two hours, 31 minutes, and 31 seconds.

This year’s Taipei Expressway Marathon attracted a total of 8,040 runners from 31 countries, including participants in the elite marathon, half marathon, and 10-kilometer categories.    [FULL  STORY]