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TOPICHong Kong Marathon 2015+ FOLLOWHong Kong Marathon 2015The 2015 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon is the 19th edition of the popular running event, founded in 1997, held on January

25th 2015. In addition to the full marathon, a 10km run and a half marathon are also held. The winner of the men’s and women’s races each receives US$65,000.Around 70,000 runners take part

each year across all events. The defending champions are both Ethiopians, Feyera Gemeda who won the 2014 men’s edition in 2 hours 15 minutes and five seconds and Rehima Kedir, who won the

women’s in 2:34.53. The current men’s record is 2:11.27 held by Dejere Abera; the women’s record is 2:30.12 held by Misiker Demissie.SHOW FULL PROFILEMarathon puts HK on world mapA surreal

Sunday scene emerges around this time every year, with the city's highways and tunnels carpeted with tens of thousands of people in colourful sporty outfits.28 Jan 2015 - 12:18PMPuma

apologises for ‘D7689’ Hong Kong marathon photo targeting CY Leung27 Jan 2015 - 5:24PMHong Kong runner, 24, dies after collapsing close to marathon finishing line21 Jun 2018 - 3:09PMNorth

Korea best as Kim Hye-gyong fends off African challenge to win women’s marathon26 Jan 2015 - 6:09PMOccupy CentralHong Kong Marathon full to bursting, even if new Wan Chai route is

approvedOrganisers of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon will push for all of Hennessy Road to be opened for next year's event, but the ceiling of 73,000 entries is unlikely to be

raised.26 Jan 2015 - 6:01PMvideocamSCMP ChroniclesInteractive | In the long run: Visualising the 2015 Hong Kong Marathon resultsThis year’s Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon was won on

Sunday morning by Ethiopia’s Sentayehu Merga Ejigu in 2:12:59 (net time), almost 2 minutes better than the best score in 2014.22 Feb 2019 -

12:50PMAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFirst time lucky for Ethiopian Merga as he wins Hong Kong Marathon25 Jan 2015 - 10:25PMPersistence finally pays off for patient Sam Kong in

women's 10km25 Jan 2015 - 10:29PMBad science almost costs Alex Chan the junior half-marathon title25 Jan 2015 - 10:25PMFormer champion cyclist Hung Chung-yam shows he is still competitive at

5225 Jan 2015 - 10:19PMChristy Yiu Kit-ching misses Rio Olympics qualifying time but coaches still happy25 Jan 2015 - 10:00PMTriathlete Ivan Lo gets off his bike to take 10km title26 Jan

2015 - 9:41AMNorth Korean halts African juggernaut in Hong Kong MarathonNearly 65,000 people took to the streets of Hong Kong this morning, not to occupy the city but to compete in the

Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon.25 Jan 2015 - 6:41PMvideocamHow bank chief's 'baby' - the Hong Kong Marathon - grew into a giantStandard Chartered chief Benjamin Hung was sceptical

when the bank first planned to sponsor the race - and admits its growth is beyond their wildest dreams29 Jan 2015 - 9:38AMStandard Chartered Marathon founder Ben Hung wants Hong Kong to

embrace iconic sporting eventStandard Chartered chief e

xecutive Benjamin Hung Pi-cheng yesterday called on 7.2 million people to embrace the Hong Kong Marathon, saying small opposing minorities with big voices would soon be silenced - and even

"embarrassed" - by a city on the run.24 Jan 2015 - 10:54AMWan Cheuk-hei picks up pace after training stint in TaiwanIf you can't beat them, join them - that was the thinking of promising

Hong Kong distance runner Wan Cheuk-hei as he travelled to Taiwan to join a group of elite runners to find out why they seemed to be making so much better progress than him23 Jan 2015 -

11:45PMOccupied in Causeway Bay, but this time with Hong Kong Marathon runnersYee Wo Street in Causeway Bay will be reoccupied next Sunday, this time by thousands of runners - but organisers

admit they will be powerless to prevent possible protests along the route.19 Jan 2015 - 10:45AMAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOpinion | Left Field: Splitting Hong Kong Marathon in

two is not Solomonic wisdom20 Dec 2014 - 7:45PMSuper Sundays: Extra day mooted for Hong Kong Marathon18 Dec 2014 - 11:18AMOccupy protests may force plan B for Hong Kong Marathon18 Dec 2014 -

1:38PMYoungsters get ready to make dash for Hong Kong MarathonYoungsters who in the past could only watch the Hong Kong Marathon and associated races on television can now get ready for a

piece of the action.18 Dec 2014 - 1:38PMAll 23,000 places for Hong Kong half marathon snapped up within three hoursEager runners snapped up all 23,000 slots for the popular half-marathon

race in next year's Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon within three hours yesterday morning.18 Dec 2014 - 11:14AMNext year's Hong Kong Marathon won't raise quota of runnersThe Standard

Chartered Hong Kong Marathon has reached its saturation point, its top official William Ko Wai-lam said yesterday after organisers revealed that the quota for the race in January.18 Dec 2014

- 1:38PMJanuary date change for 2015 Hong Kong Marathon 'will make it harder'18 Dec 2014 - 1:38PMHelp preserve 120 years of quality journalism.SUPPORT

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