On September 7, Chen Jin, a 52-year-old Haian farmer wearing a "Nantong Ironman" shirt, strove to the finish line after crossing the last step of the Beijing International Trade Building (Phase III), winning the vertical of the Beijing International Trade Hotel in 2014. The runner-up of the men's individual competition over the age of 50 in the Marathon World Tour Men's Individual Championship, once again wrote the glory of Haian's "Scudlegs" in "the tallest building in Beijing".

As early as March 18 this year, here again, Chen Jin easily beat all opponents with 15 minutes and 15 seconds, becoming the third issue of "Champion China", a large-scale national sports program of CCTV-5. King of Climbing. "

Different from that in March, this vertical marathon world tour brings together masters from all walks of life-nearly 1,000 players from 31 countries, of which more than 20 are world-class professional players, including 7 times in New York ThomasDold, German player of the Empire Building Vertical Marathon Men's Championship and last year's China World Trade Center Vertical Marathon Men's Elite Championship.

Although he failed to win the championship, in terms of achievements, compared with the last time he won the CCTV sports channel "Champion China" "Climbing King", it was 1 minute 07 seconds faster.

This competition is the second time that Beijing International Trade Hotel and the International Racing Federation (ISF) have collaborated. As one of the official events of the Vertical Marathon World Tour, this event is the world ’s first and only skyscraper tour, with a total of 8 stops in New York, Taipei, Paris, Benidorm, Beijing, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Hong Kong this year. .

It is understood that the stair climbing sport was first called "vertical racing" in the 1970s. Now this sport has become a global sports competition, and professional athletes train for this competition every year. In China, although vertical racing is still relatively new, it has also attracted more and more participants.