At 9:00 a.m. on October 29th, Beijing time, the third Jiuquan International Gobi Super Marathon of the 2017 "Agricultural Bank Cup" officially started. Thousands of runners from home and abroad launched a fierce chase on the long Gobi track. In the end, Guan Yousheng, a Chinese athlete, won the men's 50km championship with a score of 3 hours, 20 minutes and 32 seconds, while NEDI GADISE GENECHU from Ethiopia won the women's 50km championship with a score of 4 hours, 02 minutes and 08 seconds. Ethiopia's GURARA MITIKU NEGAWO and China's Gao Yongning won the men's 50km runner-up and runner-up respectively, while China's Zhang Jingxia and Lin Lanxia won the women's 50km runner-up and runner-up respectively.

It is worth mentioning that Xinke Men's 50km Champion, 22-year-old Guizhou Junior General Guan Yousheng won the 2016 Beijing Marathon Chinese Champion, the 2017 Xiamen Marathon Chinese Champion and the 2017 Beijing Marathon Chinese Runner-up, and the 2017 Wuyishan International Marathon a week ago. It broke the gold medal monopoly of black runners in the domestic marathon. In this competition, Guan Yousheng won the second place in the men's group and the GURARA MITIKU NEGAWO from Ethiopia by 10 minutes and 43 seconds, which shows that Chinese marathon runners are rising rapidly and becoming a new force that can not be ignored in international competitions.

Li Haibin, President of Pan-China Sports, presented awards to the men's and women's 50km champions.

And took a photo with Guan Yousheng, the champion of the men's team.

What awaits runners here is the inaccessible Gobi Desert, the cold wind and sand, the undulating sand dunes, and the long and lonely journey. The Gobi Marathon brings runners profound experience and spiritual feelings, which are far beyond the city marathon. You will rediscover yourself, challenge yourself and overcome yourself.

The track passes through Huoshixia Beacon, Xintiandun Farm, Tianluocheng and so on, forming a closed circular route of 50 kilometers counterclockwise in the ancient battlefield of Gobi Mobei. The highest elevation of the track is 1432 meters, the lowest elevation is 1314 meters, the cumulative increase is about 244 meters, and the cumulative decrease is about 244.5 meters. The track not only spans the Gobi, but also includes Danxia, wetlands, gravel, shrubs, reeds and other complex landforms. It has the characteristics of Western China. The event once again shows the extreme challenge of the northwest style to the super horse fans.

The Jiuquan International Gobi Super Marathon has added the winning prize for Chinese athletes. Men and women each take the top ten places, giving Chinese athletes more opportunities to reward, breaking the current situation that top domestic events are monopolized by international athletes, and fostering a new environment more conducive to the development of domestic athletes and Chinese marathons. At the same time, two groups of 50 km and 10 km experience were set up, which provided the opportunity for runners to challenge the Gobi and themselves.

The third Jiuquan International Gobi Super Marathon of the 2017 "Agricultural Bank Cup" is co-sponsored by China Athletics Association, Gansu Sports Bureau and Jiuquan Municipal People's Government. It is sponsored by Jiuquan Sports Bureau, Jiuquan Suzhou District People's Government, Beijing Pan-China Emerging Sports Industry Co., Ltd. and co-sponsored by Jiuquan Wenguang New Bureau and Jiuquan Tourism Bureau. Jiuquan Sports Industry Development Co., Ltd.