China girl completes 3,500km run
The girl's father denies abusing his daughter by forcing her to run. A Chinese girl has arrived in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the southern province of Hainan in less than two months.
Zhang Huimin, eight, rose each day at 0230 and ran about 1.5 marathons (84km, 40 miles), Xinhua news agency said. Her father accompanied her on a bicycle. He said the feat was aimed at drawing attention to her Olympic potential ahead of the Beijing games next year.
He denied forcing her to run, but some experts have said it amounted to abuse.
The girl arrived in the Chinese capital on Sunday after starting out in Hainan on 3 July.
She loves to run. Many people don't understand us
The girl arrived in the Chinese capital on Sunday after starting out in Hainan on 3 July.
She loves to run. Many people don't understand us
Zhang Huimin, who is 1.22m (4ft) tall and weighs 21kg (46lb), is too young to compete in the 2008 Olympics but her father, Zhang Jianmin, believes she can compete in the 2016 games, when she will be 17.
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Comment:
Does anyone else have serious concerns over this, it does remind me of a similar story of a young boy from India, who used to run similar distances. I'm both shocked and saddened by this story, and especially wondering how could anyone treat their own child this way ?
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Blair
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