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Eritrea's Ghirmay Ghebreslassie celebrates winning the final of the men's marathon athletics event at the 2015 IAAF World Championships at the the National Stadium, also known as "Bird's Nest", in Beijing on Aug 22, 2015. The 19-year-old clocked two hours, 12 minutes and 27 seconds for his first world championship title, beating Ethiopia's Yemane Tsegay into second place. [Photo/CFP] |
The men's marathon, Beijing worlds' first event, started on a sunny Saturday morning as a pack of nearly 70 runners hit the streets of Beijing.
The air quality was listed as "good" by the US Embassy Beijing Air Quality Monitor, with temperatures at 28 degrees Celsius.
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