25 November 2019

Over 2K runners take part in Shanghai vertical marathon

More than 2,000 participants attended the FESCO Adecco 2019 Shanghai Tower International Vertical Marathon in Shanghai Tower on Sunday.

As the world's highest vertical marathon in 2019, three groups of athletes from home and abroad reached the top of Shanghai and the whole event lasted for 11 hours and 30 minutes, creating two records, the number of participants and duration of a single event for the international vertical marathon.

Co-organized by Shanghai Sports Federation, Shanghai Tower, and Shanghai Lujiazui Financial City Development Bureau and sponsored by FESCO Adecco, FESCO Adecco 2019 Shanghai Tower International Vertical Marathon has been held for three consecutive years. With a vertical height of 552 meters and 3,398 steps in all, the finishing line of this year's competition was set on the 119th floor of the Shanghai Tower.

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