Runners take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 at Nathan Road in Mong Kok, on Feb 12, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
HONG KONG - Thousands of professional runners and marathon enthusiasts got off the mark at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 as a honk pierced the dawn on Sunday.
The much-anticipated annual track event came back to the city and has attracted 37,000 runners from Hong Kong and overseas. It represented “a welcome return to normalcy with the community,” said the organizer.
China Daily’s Edmond Tang and Andy Chong captured the moments on Sunday.
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu (fifth right, front row, in blue) and other guests sound the air horns to start the marathon at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 at Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Feb 12, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners get started at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 at Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Feb 12, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners pose for a group photo at the starting line at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 at Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Feb 12, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 at Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Feb 12, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners get started at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 at Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Feb 12, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 at Nathan Road in Mong Kok, on Feb 12, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 at Nathan Road in Mong Kok, on Feb 12, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Kenyan runner Philemon Kiptoo Kipchumba reaches the finish line and takes the champion of Men's Marathon at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023, in Victoria Park, on Feb 12, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 at Nathan Road in Mong Kok, on Feb 12, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 at Nathan Road in Mong Kok, on Feb 12, 2023. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners celebrate after crossing the finish line at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 in Victoria Park on Feb 12, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners celebrate after crossing the finish line at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 in Victoria Park on Feb 12, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
A runner is carried on a stretcher by the medical service team at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 in Victoria Park on Feb 12, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
A runner throws up after crossing the finish line at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 in Victoria Park on Feb 12, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
Runners celebrate after crossing the finish line at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2023 in Victoria Park on Feb 12, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)
