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Japanese Spirits Seen at Great Wall of China Marathon on May 1,2011(June 2,2011) Mr. Sugawara Kei, Mr. Seki Kotarou and Miss. Kawaguchi Mariko are three Japanese participants from Sendai Japan. On March 11,2011,a huge earthquake and the Tsunami hit northeast Japan, and their hometown was also badly damaged and many of their people died. They submitted their application forms by fax to run the Great Wall of China Marathon several days before the disaster. And the first video LIVE report the whole world saw was just from their hometown Sendai. Photo by Mr.Li Chin Fai from Hongkong We could not get in touch with them, we got extremely worried about them. We looked for them in all special websites, we could not find them.We dared not to call them.We watched Japanese TV every day about the earthquake and tsunami,and our hearts became heavier and heavier. At the end of March, we finally dialed the mobile phone of Mr. Sugawara Kei, very magically and very fortunately, we heard the voice of Mr. Sugawara Kei again. "Are you still alive?" we asked, but he laughed on the other side of the phone. We felt the heavy stones in our hearts away. They are all safe! When the phone call was over, we immediately wrote a long email in Japanese to them, we said " nothing is better than we are still alive". At the end of April, we were surprised by them again, they had decided to come to run the Great Wall of China Marathon on May 1,2011 in Beijing! Miss.Kawaguchi Mariko applied to run 5km.She took a rest after her race. Mr. Seki Kotarou applied to run the half marathon. Mr. Sugawara Kei applied to run the full marathon, and his time was 7:20:04.He was running up the Great Walls. We all are very much moved by them, the three heroes. The Great Wall of China Marathon will forever remember their stories, their footsteps and their smiles on the Great Walls! Their spirits is also the typical spirit of Japanese people, and we believe Japanese people would overcome the difficulties. Online Application for Great Wall of China Marathon 2012: http://www.greatwallmarathon.com.cn/application2012.htm                        ---The Previous News--- Please Contact for the details:                 greatwallmarathon@yahoo.com greatwallmarathon_japan@yahoo.co.jp                 market@beijingglobalmarathon.com Our Official websites in Beijing:                                                                  http://www.greatwallmarathon.com.cn/                                       http://www.beijingglobalmarathon.com/greatwallmarathon/jp/index.html Our supporting website in  Tokyo Japan                                    http://www.greatwallmarathon.jp/

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