Beijing Citizens’ Marathon Delegation Visits Japan

From February 17 to 21,2006, a five-memberBeijing Citizens’ Marathon Del-egation jointly organized andsent by the Beijing MunicipalPeople’s Association for Friend-ship with Foreign Countriesand the Beijing General Admin-istration of Sport went to OmeCity, Tokyo of Japan to take partin the marathon race. All themarathon runners in the delega-tion achieved good results.The Ome Marathon is alarge-sized traditional masssport activity with a long his-tory and extensive influence heldin O…