Twenty-one dead in China marathon race tragedy as freak weather hits cross-country. Video / APA Chinese county official appears to have taken his own life during a probe into the deaths of 21 runners last month when a storm hit the mountain on which they were competing in an ultramarathon. State news agency CCTV said police were notified on Wednesday that Jingtai County Communist Party Secretary Li Zuobi had died. On Friday, the Gansu provincial government in western China handed down punishments to 27 officials, posthumously exempting Li but sacking his deputy, Zhang Wenling, CCTV reported. Photo / APAmong those who died was well-known runner Liang Jing, who had won a 100km race in the Gobi Desert.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 12, 2021 02:07 UTC