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Officials have apologised, but theres anger that no one seemed to predict the bad weather. aru na iyengar reports. 0ne one of the debt these incidents in chinese sporting history, the race crosses complex terrain making search and rescue operations more difficult. 0ver search and rescue operations more difficult. over 20 competitors in the 100 kilometre mountain ultramarathon have died and others are receiving treatment in hospital. 1200 rescuers were sent to search for the missing runners. thos...

For the missing runners. those who died are thought to have suffered from hypothermia. officials have apologised, but there is anger that no—one seemed to predict the bad weather. translation: as organisers - of the event, we feel deeply guilty and take full responsibility for these deaths. we express our deepest condolences to the victims, the injured and all theirfamilies. one of those missing was described as one of the worlds best endurance athletes. the cross—country race started off in...

Most dressed in t—shirts and shorts crossed this ultramarathon start line not knowing the danger they would soon run into. announcer shouts, crowd cheer. the race took place near baiyin city in chinas gansu province, and started at the yellow river stone forest injingtai. the area is known for its mountain scenery, and the 100km route crossed through deep canyons and rugged landscape. at a mountainous, high—altitude section of the race between 20 and 30 kilometres, the course was abruptly hi...

And rugged landscape. at a mountainous, high—altitude section of the course the race was abruptly hit by gale force winds and as conditions worsened the race was called off. as darkness fell and temperatures dropped further, over 1200 rescuers, assisted by drones and radar detectors, searched for the missing runners. 18 were pulled to safety and 7 were taken to hospital with hypothermia, but 21 runners were found dead. ——18 were pulled to safety and several were taken to hospital after all...

Metres freestyle, losing out on goal by eight hundredths of a second. a silver too for cassie wild in the 200m backstroke — as james guy and max litchfield both took bronze. adam peaty is going for his fourth gold in the medley—relay later this evening. well, theres lots more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website, including the latest from the final round of golf�*s us pga championship. but thats all from sportsday — bye for now. welcome to click! hope youre doing ok! this wee...

Its one of the deadliest incidents in chinese sporting history. the race crosses complex terrain, making search and rescue operations more difficult. over 20 competitors in the 100km mountain ultramarathon have died and others are receiving treatment in hospital. 1200 rescuers were sent to search for the missing runners. those who died of thought have suffered from hypothermia. officials have apologised, but there is anger no one seemed to predict the bad weather. translation: as organisers - of...

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Mountain ultramarathon have died and others are receiving treatment in hospital. 1200 rescuers were sent to search for the missing runners. those who died of thought have suffered from hypothermia. officials have apologised, but there is anger no one seemed to predict the bad weather. translation: as organisers - of the event, we feel deeply guilty and take full responsibility for these deaths. we express our deepest condolences to the victims, the injured and all their families. one of the miss...

Of this type before. the cable car had reopened from covid lockdown just last month. it underwent a two—year, 4 million euros repair in 2014. an investigation will try to discover how and why a trip through this tourist idyll collapsed in disaster. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. some of chinas top long distance runners are believed to be among 21 athletes who died in extreme weather during a 100—kilometre race. the competitors were hit by plummeting temperatures freezing rain and gales on a mou...