DPR Korea’s diminutive Kim Hye Gyong, seventh at last year’s Asian Games, caused a minor surprise when she won the Standard Chartered Hong Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, in 2:31:46 on Sunday (25).
The 19th edition of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon will take place early on Sunday morning (25), with Ethiopia’s Rehima Kedir defending the women’s title at the IAAF Silver Label Road Race she won 12 months ago.
Local runners Pak Chol and Kim Hye Gyong took the honours at the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label Road Race, winning in the DPR Korea capital Pyongyang in 2:12:26 and 2:27:05 respectively on Sunday (13).