Severe Weather Kills 21 Ultramarathon Runners in China

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Twenty-one runners have died after extreme weather struck a long-distance race in north-western China.

High winds and freezing rain hit participants in the 100km (60-mile) ultramarathon in the Yellow River Stone Forest, a tourist site in Gansu province, on Saturday.
The race was halted when some of the 172 runners went missing, and a rescue operation was launched.

Many of the stranded runners reportedly suffered from hypothermia.

Officials said 151 runners were now confirmed safe, and that eight of them were injured.

China ultramarathon: Severe weather kills 21 runners

Freezing rain and winds hit a long-distance race in a mountainous tourist site in China.

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