Hong Kong ultra runner Samantha Chan Man-ha has finished third in the Ultra Gobi – a 400-kilometre non-stop, self-navigating race described as one of the toughest in the world.
Invited to the race as an elite athlete, Chan finished in 119 hours, 33 minutes and 51 seconds on Tuesday. She was beaten by Marta Poretti of Italy, another invited elite runner, and China’s Yu Hongyan. Poretti won in 106 hours flat, smashing the course record, sleeping less than five hours for the entire...
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