2023 China Mountain Horse Cross Country Series: Guangzhou Conghua Mountain Horse Cross Country Race In the morning, on December 24, 2023, the 2023 China Mountain Horse Cross Country Series "China Sports Lottery Cup" Guangzhou Conghua Mountain Horse Cross Country Race was held in Conghua. More than 2,000 contestants gathered together to run together between the bright mountains and beautiful rivers of Conghua. This is the fifth time that the China Mountain Horse Cross-Country Series has been held in Conghua, and the starting ceremony was held in Conghua Tianren Landscape Taoran Market. At 8:30 a.m., the race was fired on time, and the contestants rushed out of the starting line, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Four Flower Valleys all the way, breathing fresh air, feeling the verdant eyes, full of happiness and vitality. The event includes three events: the 42-kilometer individual race of mountain horse cross-country, the 21-kilometer individual race of mountain horse cross-country and the mass fitness competition. The cumulative climb is about 2,000 meters in the 42km individual race and about 1,025 meters in the 21km individual race.
The track is mainly composed of gravel roads, field paths and dirt roads, with a small amount of hardened pavement, with various road conditions and high fun, and the whole process connects Conghua's well-known scenic spots. The alternating mountain roads and roads fully demonstrate the characteristics of the mountain marathon. After fierce competition, Qin Guidu from Guangxi won the men's 42km individual race with a time of 3 hours, 10 minutes and 53 seconds, followed by Batmeng from Xinjiang and Tian Peng from Guizhou.
Second and third place. Yang Mengqi from Beijing won the women's 42km individual championship with a time of 3 hours, 58 minutes and 48 seconds, which were won by Chen Lin from Guangdong and Chen Xiaolan from Jiangxi respectively.
Second and third place. The men's 21km individual race was won by Ye Chaoyang of Guangxi with a time of 1 hour 34 minutes 44 seconds, while the women's 21km individual race was won by Wang Shengji of Guangdong with a time of 2 hours 2 minutes 40 seconds. The total prize fund is 100,000 yuan, and the top three will receive trophies and bonuses respectively.
China Mountain Horse Cross-Country Series: Release Yourself and Feel the Beauty of Nature and HumanityThe China Mountain Horse Cross-Country Series is one of the most influential trail running series in China, jointly created by the Mountaineering Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China and the China Mountaineering Association. This national-level event aims to cater to the development trends and needs of the running industry, allowing runners to release themselves and reap the rewards of success through the event experience. At the same time, the event also allows people to experience the unique beauty of nature and humanity in various parts of the motherland in the way of outdoor sports.
Relying on the national event platform of the China Mountain Horse Cross-Country Series, Conghua will tap and give full play to the advantages of sports tourism resources, strengthen the driving role of brand events such as "Mountain Horse Race" in industrial development, actively explore the development model of "sports + tourism", continue to launch more and more innovative sports projects and cultural tourism products, cultivate and expand the sports tourism industry, promote the in-depth integration of sports events and tourism development, and stimulate new vitality of the tourism market.