[Zama]Long-distance running "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" dominates the half-marathon Huang Qile and Luo Yingchao become the queen

[Sports News]The “Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023”, one of the “M” brand activities, was staged today (12th). The half marathon was won by the running couple Huang Qile and Luo Yingchao. The former won the championship by 35 seconds Chen Weicong crossed the line first, while Luo Yingchao, who won gold in the 10km last year, defeated the previous champion Qu Zhiying by more than 1 minute.

Huang Qile competed in the first marathon in the last Zhama, and won the championship by beating Cheng Wuya in the final straight. This year, he moved to the half-marathon and finally crossed the line first with a time of 1 hour, 09 minutes and 50 seconds. The runner-up in the men’s category was won by Chen Weicong in 1 hour, 10 minutes and 25 seconds, and the third place was won by Huang Guanheng in 1 hour and 11 minutes.

After the race, Huang Qile pointed out that today’s time was about two minutes behind the personal best (PB). It’s the last exercise.” During the race in hot and humid weather, Huang Kailo pointed out that he saw “flying sand and rolling stones” at the exit of the Western Tunnel, which made him feel slightly uncomfortable, and he needed to run two more kilometers to regain his rhythm. In the last race, Huang Qile defeated Cheng Wuya in the final straight of the full marathon. He bluntly said that the race gave him a lot of confidence: “I couldn’t beat me in the last marathon. There is no reason why the half marathon performance is poor. Today Use this fighting spirit to keep rushing to the finish line, even if you know there is a distance between you and the runners behind you, you will go all out.” This year, Huang Qile and his girlfriend Luo Yingchao raced together in the half-marathon. He was the first to cross the line and waited for his girlfriend to cross the line at the finish line. He said with a smile This position is quite nervous: “At the finish line, I will keep thinking “Will she be the first to come back?”, “When will she run?”, I am quite nervous in this position, I hope next time it is not good, she will run the whole marathon and I will run 10 kilometers, otherwise there will be tension for a long time.”

As for his girlfriend Luo Yingchao, who was the only one in the women’s category, she finished in 1 hour, 20 minutes and 23 seconds, 1 minute and 12 seconds faster than the previous champion Qu Zhiying. The third place was won by Zeng Xiaotong in 1 hour, 25 minutes and 52 seconds. Luo Yingchao said that she failed to make a PB today, but the results are satisfactory. Regarding the hot and humid weather today, she pointed out that she would adjust the goal before the game due to the weather: “It’s hard to worry about some factors beyond my control. Seeing Today’s humidity is only to adjust your mentality and goals. Compared with Hong Kong, the roads in foreign countries are smoother and the weather is drier. If you can run to these times in Hong Kong, you should go to foreign countries faster.” This time I participated with my boyfriend In the same event, the other party helped break the wind at the beginning. Luo Yingchao also said frankly that he was happy: “I am not tall, and I was a little worried that there would be a collision at the start and I would fall. Today, Huang Qile took me in front of me and felt safer. This year is also my It’s the first time to participate in the same event with him in Zama, and I am very happy to run together.” The fast-rising long-distance runner in recent years even said that he hopes to represent Hong Kong for the first time this year and participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Championships.