Runners are very excited before the start of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2017.
Mr Matthew CHEUNG (front row: middle), Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Mr Stephen LO, (front row: fourth from left), Commissioner of Police, officiate at the kick-off ceremony of the Marathon Challenge.
When the air horn is sounded, runners start the marathon race of 42.195km at Tsim Sha Tsui.
Chinese athlete CHEN Mantang wins the 10 km Wheelchair Race.
Bizuneh Melaku BELACHEW from Ethiopia wins the overall championship of the Men's Marathon.
Chala Gulume TOLLESA, another runner from Ethiopia, wins the overall championship of the Women's Marathon.
In the final section of the route, runners are heading along Hennessy Road for the finish at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay.