240px|The starting of marathon and half-marathon classes, as it continued raining. 2008 the 13th Taipei International Express Marathon, mainly sponsored by Carrefour  second time since 2007, raced on Hsichih-Wugu Elevated Viaduct of Taiwan National Highway No. 1 this Sunday (March 23). Even though it rained until the starting of marathon and half-marathon classes, but the race finally finished properlywith its weather progressively improved to be not rained. Even though an improved weather, but the gradient near the Hsichih stop of Hsichih-Wugu Elevated Viaduct made a major challenge on runners' physical strength. Disdery Hombo (right) and Tatyana Perepelkina (left), Champions in this race. As of the Chinese Taipei Road Running Association, the organizer of this race, their executives invited several world-class marathon runners by performances on several international marathon races before this race. But due to unsteady of the political status in Africa, there were only four African runners participating in this race. Finally, Disdery Hombo from Kenya and Tatyana Perepelkina (in Russian: Татьяна Перепёлкина) from Russia respectively won the men's and women's champions of  marathon (42K) class with 2H21m27s and 2H49m15s. 240px|After race interview to Disdery Hombo. After this race,  Wikinews Journalist Rico Shen briefly interviewed Hombo, he showed his satisfactions on this race and Taiwan's culture and image, and he showed his anticipation to try the future marathon races  especially the ING Taipei Marathon this December. Key Results Class 10K Running Half-Marathon (21K) Marathon (42K) Men's Group Wen-chien Wu(32m59s) Chin-ping Ho(1H8m43s) Disdery Hombo(2H21m27s) Women's Group Chien-he Hsieh(37m33s) Yu-fang Hsu(1H21m26s) Tatyana Perepelkina(2H49m15s)
240px|The starting of marathon and half-marathon classes, as it continued raining. 2008 the 13th Taipei International Express Marathon, mainly sponsored by Carrefour for the second time since 2007, raced on Hsichih-Wugu Elevated Viaduct of Taiwan National Highway No. 1 this Sunday (March 23). Although it rained until the start of the marathon and half-marathon classes, the race finished properly. Despite the improved weather, the gradient near the Hsichih stop of Hsichih-Wugu Elevated Viaduct provided a major challenge to the runners' physical strength. Disdery Hombo (right) and Tatyana Perepelkina (left), Champions in this race. The race's organizer, the Chinese Taipei Road Running Association, invited several world-class marathon runners based on their prior performances in several international marathons. However, because of political instability in Africa, there were only four African runners participating in this race. Finally, Disdery Hombo from Kenya and Tatyana Perepelkina (in Russian: Татьяна Перепёлкина) from Russia were, respectively, the men's and women's champions of the marathon (42K) class with 2H21m27s and 2H49m15s. 240px|After race interview to Disdery Hombo. After this race, when Wikinews Journalist Rico Shen briefly interviewed Hombo, Hombo expressed his satisfaction with this race and Taiwan's image, as well as his eagerness to try out for future marathon races , especially the ING Taipei Marathon this December. Key Results Class 10K Running Half-Marathon (21K) Marathon (42K) Men's Group Wen-chien Wu(32m59s) Chin-ping Ho(1H8m43s) Disdery Hombo(2H21m27s) Women's Group Chien-he Hsieh(37m33s) Yu-fang Hsu(1H21m26s) Tatyana Perepelkina(2H49m15s)
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