Runners of the Marathon Challenge are all getting ready for the race at the starting point on Nathan Road.
Mrs Carrie LAM, (front row: middle), Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Mr Stephen LO, (front row: first from left), Commissioner of Police, are officiating at the Marathon Challenge race.
Runners of the 10KM Race start running along the Island Eastern Corridor.
Kenya's 44-year-old Kenneth Mburu MUNG'ARA wins the championship in the Men's Marathon.
Gulume Tollesa CHALA from Ethiopia successfully defends her championship title in the Women's Marathon and breaks the record.
Champions of the Men's and the Women's Marathons pose for a photo together with their prize cheques.
Mr Paul CHAN Mo-po (third from left), Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, attends the opening ceremony of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon Carnival 2018 as an officiating guest.
The Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates collects old running shoes and spikes in collaboration with the Benin Athletics Federation and donate them to athletes in Benin so as to facilitate athletic development there. The picture above shows that Mr Vierin A DEGON (first from right), Chairman of the Benin Athletics Federation, is attending the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon Carnival.
The top three HKAAA's registered men athletes who take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2018 are champion NGAI Kang (middle), 1st runner-up TSUI Chi-kin (second from left) and 2nd runner-up WAN Cheuk-hei (second from right) respectively.
The top three HKAAA's registered women athletes who take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2018 are champion WONG Tsz-yan (middle), 1st runner-up Jane RICHARDS (second from left) and 2nd runner-up FAN Ching-yee (second from right) respectively.