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Beijing, China, 26 August 2017 – Over 900 athletes competed in the fifth edition of the
China World Summit Wing, Beijing Vertical Run on Saturday. Local and international
runners alike took to the stairs and conquered the colossal skyscraper by running up 2,041
steps to the rooftop finish line at 330 metres.
Poland’s Piotr Lobodzinski and Australia’s Suzy Walsham stole the show, each pocketing
the US$1,500 first prize in the men's and women's elite races, respectively.
Lobodzinski crossed the finish line in a time of 10 minutes and 6 seconds. Second place
in the men's event went to Emanuele Manzi from Italy. He came in at 10 minutes and 52
seconds. Third place went to Ryoji Watanabe of Japan in a time of 10 minutes and 59
seconds.
“I was quite tired after the long journey, but I slept well so I ran a good race today. All the
精英选手摘下 2017 北京国贸大酒店垂直 time I am really happy to come to Beijing for the fifth time.” Lobodzinski said. “I am happy

马拉松世界巡回赛（北京站）桂冠 with my performance today.”
In the women's race, Suzy Walsham defended her title at a time of 12 minutes and 7
WORLD CHAMPIONS WIN TITLES AT THE CHINA seconds. She was closely followed by local Meng Gao from China in 14 minutes and 52

WORLD SUMMIT WING, BEIJING VERTICAL RUN seconds. Cristina Bonacina from Italy came third in 15 minutes and 8 seconds.
“I’m thrilled to have made it five out of five here in Beijing. I was carrying an injury for ten
week so it affected my endurance a bit but I’m just so happy to win here again and stay at
2017年8月26日，中国北京——第五届北京国贸大酒店垂直马拉松成功落下帷幕，
this lovely hotel,” Walsham commented.
超过 900 位垂直马拉松选手成功完成了挑战。来自中国及其他 23 个国家和地区
Governed by the International Skyrunning Federation, Beijing’s tallest vertical run was
的选手以同样的方式，通过 2041 级的台阶到达位于 330 米停机坪的终点，最终
selected as Official Race for the 2017 Vertical World Circuit (VWC), the world’s premier
征服了这座摩天大楼。
skyscraper racing circuit uniting some of the world’s most iconic skyscraper races, including
来自波兰的 Piotr Lobodzinski 和澳大利亚的 Suzy Walsham 分别获得男女精英组
the One World Trade Center in New York City.
冠军。男女精英组冠军均获得美金 1,500 元比赛奖金。
Sponsors and partners of the 2017 China World Summit Wing Hotel Vertical Run include
此次比赛冠军选手 Piotr Lobodzinski 以 10 分 6 秒冲过终点线，男子第二名被来
China World Trade Center, Shangri-la Hotels & Resorts, China World Mall, Qatar Airways,
自意大利的选手 Emanuele Manzi 以 10 分 52 秒获得，第三名是来自日本的选手
Shangri-La Hotel, Doha, 5100 Tibet Spring, Playerlayer and Hong Kong International
Ryoji Watanabe，成绩是 10 分 59 秒。
Medical Center.
赛后 Piotr 谈到，“很高兴跟各国不同的运动员一起竞赛，到达终点国贸大酒店停
100% of proceeds from race entry fees were donated to the official charity U-Life
机坪看到整个北京是一种难以置信的感觉。”Piotr 说，“感觉自己站在世界之巅。”
(www.ugongyi.org), an NGO which offers the education to primary students in remote
女子精英组选手 Suzy Walsham 以 12 分 7 秒成功卫冕。第二名是来自中国的高
mountainous villages in China. Since 2014, they have given lessons to 166 remote primary
萌及第三名是来自意大利的选手 Cristina Bonacina 紧随其后，她们的比赛成绩分
schools, benefiting 5,000 students and 217 teachers.
别为14分52秒以及15分8秒。
“这是一场艰难的比赛与许多表现如此良好的精英运动员一起竞逐，但作为推动
力，我想再次赢得这场比赛，这是垂直马拉松世界巡回赛中最受欢迎的赛事之
一。”Walsham 说，“可以与来自全球的许多精英运动员分享这个成就感觉很好。”
本次比赛由国际竞速联盟组织管理，北京国贸大酒店垂直马拉松已经被选为 2017
年 Vertical World Circuit（世界垂直马拉松巡回赛）官方赛事之一，世界垂直马
拉松巡回赛是世界上第一个也是唯一的专业摩天大楼攀爬巡回赛事，连接起世界
上最具标志的摩天大楼的攀爬比赛，其中包括著名的纽约帝国大厦垂直马拉松。
2017 年北京国贸大酒店垂直马拉松的赞助商及合作伙伴包括中国国际贸易中心、
香格里拉酒店集团、国贸商城、卡塔尔航空公司、多哈香格里拉大酒店、5100 西
藏冰川矿泉水、PlayerLayer 运动品牌以及北京港澳国际医务诊所。
此次北京国贸大酒店垂直马拉松世界巡回赛募集的所有慈善收益将捐助给优来
（www.ugongyi.org），为中国边远地区学生平等的学习机会，开展公益项目的
非盈利组织。自 2014 年以来，他们向 166 所学校实施在线支教项目，受益学生
超过 5000 名，受益教师 217 名。