Outdoor
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Taking on the Great Wall Marathon

Runners clamber over thousands of steps, sometimes on their hands and knees, as they battle across one of the wonders of the world

May 20, 2019
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The Yading Skyrun is an epic 32km journey through western Sichuan. It might be tough, but the scenery and experience is worth it. 02:07
Extreme fitness
Four reasons to take part in the Yading Skyrun
May 7, 2019
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Health experts call for more industry regulation as weight loss camps boom in China08:24
Health & Fitness
Are weight loss camps the answer to China's obesity crisis?
November 28, 2024
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Hong Kong sports
A taste of training for Hyrox in Hong Kong
November 23, 2024
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Mount Everest
Gurkha veteran is first double amputee to climb Mount Everest
May 24, 2023
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A 19-year-old from Gurdaspur, Punjab in India broke the Guinness World Record for performing the most fingertip push-ups with claps. Kuwar Amritbir Singh did 45 fingertip push-ups with claps in one...01:25
Extreme fitness
Indian teen holds Guinness World Record for clapping finger-push ups
September 2, 2022
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Wild Hong Kong takes tourists and locals to the most remote parts of the Country Parks01:37
Trail running and hiking
Explore Hong Kong's Wild Side
April 2, 2020
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Peter Cooper run 5,250 laps of his small flat to complete an indoor marathon while quarantined01:11
Extreme fitness
Indoor marathon during quarantine
March 30, 2020
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Incorporating a long run in your training once a week is important as you prepare for an ultramarathon. Jeff Campbell and Nikki Han share their tips for training. 03:02
Extreme fitness
How to train for 100km: the long run
December 16, 2019
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The Annapurna 100km and 55km races put runners through their paces, but treat them to spectacular views 02:20
Extreme fitness
Is this the most beautiful but brutal ultramarathon?
November 20, 2019
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The course has nearly 2,000m of accumulative elevation in just 23km as it passes over the second and third highest mountains in Hong Kong01:46
Extreme fitness
The brutal but beautiful Lantau 2 Peaks trail race
October 7, 2019
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The Green Race Tiger Head 16km trail race sees runners circle from Mui Wo to Discovery Bay and back on Lantau01:46
Extreme fitness
Runners battle heat on beautiful Tiger Head race
August 26, 2019
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Oscar Coggins, 19, is training to qualify for Japan 2020 triathlon 01:55
Extreme fitness
Hong Kong's teenage Olympic hopeful
August 5, 2019
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Hundreds of runners take on the famous 100km, despite the organisers cancelling the event amid social unrest02:28
Outdoor
The unofficial Oxfam Trailwalker
November 15, 2019
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In the bustling city of Shanghai, office worker Ivan Li has found an unconventional alternative to stressful commuting: kayaking. By paddling through the city’s waterways, Li sidesteps the...03:31
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Shanghai worker trades car for kayak to get to office
August 25, 2024
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Outdoor & Extreme: Extreme Sports
Extreme bike race welcomes its first two women
August 23, 2023
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The Beijing marathon was held in the Chinese capital on November 6, 2022, for the first time in two years following multiple cancellations because of the Covid-19 pandemic. About 30,000 people took...01:42
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Beijing marathon back after 2 years of Covid cancellations
November 7, 2022
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Hong Kong-based swimmer and Splash volunteer Li Ling Yung-Hryniewiecki became the first Singaporean woman to swim 34km (21 miles) across the English Channel in September 2022, completing the swim...07:05
Expeditions and adventures
Singaporean swimmer makes history crossing English Channel
October 4, 2022
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Sanu Sherpa, a mountain climber from Nepal, set a world record by summiting all of the world’s 14 highest peaks, twice. Known as the “eight thousanders”, each of the 14 mountains is more than 8,000...01:25
Climbing and mountaineering
First climber ever to summit the ‘eight thousanders’ twice
August 23, 2022
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French freediver Arnaud Jerald set a new deep dive world record on August 9, 2022. He broke the world record for bi-fin freediving with a descent of 120 metres (393 feet) at Dean’s Blue Hole during...
Water sports
French freediver breaks world record with 120m-deep dive
August 10, 2022
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German Sebastian Steudtner is the new record holder for the biggest wave ever surfed, a 26 metre (86ft) wave ridden on October 29, 2020 in Nazaré, Portugal. The video recently resurfaced after...01:52
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Biggest wave ever surfed
May 26, 2022
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Three brothers, all seasoned Sherpas who have climbed Mount Everest, have reached the South Pole and scaled Antarctica’s tallest peak, Mount Vinson, in a first for Nepali nationals. The brothers...04:02
Nepal
Sherpas tackle Seven Summits
January 26, 2022
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Hong Kong’s iconic Cross Harbour swim has returned, after a two-year hiatus because of the 2019 protests and the pandemic. About 1,200 entrants set off from the city’s Wan Chai district on Sunday...03:32
Swimming
HK’s Cross Harbour swim makes comeback
December 12, 2021