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Only 9,000 runners at this year’s Shanghai Marathon

Ma Yue

The 2020 Shanghai Marathon will take place on November 29, organizers announced on Wednesday.

The annual event will be scaled down from last year’s 38,000 runners to 9,000 in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak. The 10-kilometer and 5.5km races have been canceled and the 9,000 runners will be running the full 42-kilometer distance.

There will be no international runners, or runners from high-risk areas, this year. The event has also altered its route with the finishing line at the riverside West Bund Art Center in Xuhui District instead of Shanghai Stadium.

Read more in Shanghai Daily

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