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Wakwoyayadenioliksa, who came from Ethiopia, won the women's game with 2:48:10. Chinese athletes Zhang Junli and Wang Qianwen finished the second and
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CAA held 328 marathon competitions in 2016 all around China. But the officials said that Changchun had special significance as developing both ski
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