21 走者s dead as extreme 天候 攻撃する,衝突するs 中国 ultramarathon

Rescuers were dispatched after the ultramarathon's organisers received calls for help

救助者s were 派遣(する)d after the ultramarathon's organisers received calls for help

Twenty-one people were killed after あられ/賞賛する, 氷点の rain and high 勝利,勝つd 攻撃する,衝突する 走者s taking part in a cross-country mountain race in 中国, 明言する/公表する マスコミ said Sunday.

The extreme 天候 struck a high-高度 section of the 100-kilometre (62-mile) race held in the scenic Yellow River 石/投石する Forest in northwestern Gansu 州 Saturday afternoon.

の中で the dead were エリート Chinese long-distance 走者s, 地元の マスコミ 報告(する)/憶測d.

公式の/役人 news 機関 Xinhua 確認するd that 21 of the 172 関係者s had died, 特記する/引用するing the 地元の 救助(する) 命令(する) (警察,軍隊などの)本部. The other 151 are now 安全な, によれば 明言する/公表する マスコミ.

Baiyin city 市長 Zhang Xuchen said that at around midday Saturday a section of the rugged ultramarathon course -- between kilometres 20 and 31 -- was "suddenly 影響する/感情d by 悲惨な 天候".

"In a short period of time, hailstones and ice rain suddenly fell in the 地元の area, and there were strong 勝利,勝つd. The 気温 はっきりと dropped," Zhang said.

すぐに after receiving messages for help, マラソン organisers 派遣(する)d a 救助(する) team.

At around 2 pm, weat her 条件s より悪くするd and the race was called off, Zhang said.

The 犠牲者s 含むd 最高の,を越す 国内の マラソン 走者s Liang Jing and Huang Guanjun, 地元の マスコミ 報告(する)/憶測d. Liang had won 多重の Chinese ultramarathons in 最近の years.

Huang, who was deaf-mute, won the men's 審理,公聴会-impaired マラソン at the 2019 国家の Paralympic Games held in Tianjin.

Father-of-one Lu Zhengyi, who took part in several マラソンs, was also 報告(する)/憶測d by 地元の マスコミ as one of the 犠牲者s.

"As the event's organiser, we feel a 深い sense of 犯罪 and self-非難する, 表明する our 深い 嘆く/悼むing for the 犠牲者s and 深い 弔慰s to their families and the 負傷させるd 走者s," Zhang said.

The race, 支援するd by the Baiyin city 政府 and the Chinese 運動競技の 協会, has been held for four 連続する years.

- 'Come and save us!' -

As weather conditions worsened, the race was called off

As 天候 条件s より悪くするd, the race was called off

Xinhua 報告(する)/憶測d that some of the 走者s 苦しむd from hypothermia, and Zhang said earlier that eight people were 存在 扱う/治療するd for minor 傷害s and were in a stable 条件.

ビデオ (映画の)フィート数 broadcast on 明言する/公表する マスコミ showed 緊急 救助(する) 職員/兵員 in 戦闘 疲労,(軍の)雑役s carrying flashlights as they climbed through the rocky 地形 at night.

Some マラソン 関係者s, wrapped in hea vy-義務 一面に覆う/毛布s, were filmed 存在 put on 担架s by 救助者s.

Photos published by Chinese マスコミ also showed a group of 走者s 密談する/(身体を)寄せ集めるd together on the 山腹, some wrapped in insulation 一面に覆う/毛布s.

"My whole 団体/死体 was soaked through, 含むing my shoes and socks. I couldn't stand up straight because of the 勝利,勝つd, I was very worried I'd be blown over. The 冷淡な became more and more unbearable," one 生存者 was 引用するd as 説 in 地元の マスコミ.

"While descending the mountain, I was already experiencing hypothermia symptoms."

Another 生存者 was 引用するd as 説 most 犠牲者s were "gods" of the sport who were frontrunners in the race.

"As soon as I の近くにd my 注目する,もくろむs, I saw those who had fallen on the mountain," the 匿名の/不明の 走者 said.

Screenshots of messages sent in the race 関係者s' 雑談(する) group were published in 地元の マスコミ.

"A few people have already lost consciousness and are 泡,激怒することing at the mouth," wrote one 身元不明の 関係者. "Come and save us, quick!"

- Calls for contingency 計画(する)s -

Chinese social マスコミ 爆発するd in 嘆く/悼むing and 乱暴/暴力を加える Sunday, as 使用者s 非難するd organisers for perceived failings in contingency planning.

"The 地元の organisers have an inescapable 責任/義務 for the bad 天候 in the マラソン! 現在の 天気予報 正確 率s are very high ... what 肉親,親類d of 緊急 計画(する)s did they have?" wrote one 使用者.

Gansu 気象の Bureau 警告するd of "sudden 激しい にわか雨s, あられ/賞賛する, 雷, sudden 強風-軍隊 勝利,勝つd" and other 逆の 天候 条件s across the 州 in a 報告(する)/憶測 時代遅れの Friday.

A CCTV commentary published Sunday afternoon 勧めるd 冒険的な organisers to make failsafe contingency 計画(する)s, and called on 関係者s to be "fully aware of the 危険s of extreme sports".

地方の 当局 have 始める,決める up an 調査 team to look into the 原因(となる) of the 出来事/事件, 明言する/公表する マスコミ 報告(する)/憶測d.

Gansu Party 長官 Yin Hong said it was "necessary to learn painful lessons" from the eve nt, 明言する/公表する tabloid 全世界の Times 報告(する)/憶測d.

Repeated calls to Baiyin city 宣伝 department were not answered.

Gansu, one of 中国's poorest 地域s, 国境s Mongolia to the north and Xinjiang to the west.

Deadly floods and 地滑りs have 攻撃する,衝突する the 州 in the past, with mudslides 報道によれば 殺人,大当り more than 1,000 people in one town in 2010.

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