Taiwan's Tommy Chen wins 4 Deserts Race Series titleTAIPEI - Taiwanese ultramarathon runner Tommy Chen (陳彥博) took second place in the recently concluded 250-kilometer Last Desert 2016 race in Antarctica, to take the crown as champion of the 4 Deserts Race Series this year, making him the first Asian runner to complete the series in one calendar year. Before the Antarctica race, Chen was on top after finishing the three other races in the series with the highest accumulated score, leading the second- and third-placed runners by four points and seven points, respectively, which made him particularly cautious about the final race. Despite the pressure, however, Chen eventually fulfilled his quest of winning the 4 Deserts Race Series title. For each race, participants must cover 250 km in seven days over rough terrain, with only a place in a tent and water provided. Chen took second in the Sahara Race in Namibia in May and fifth in the Gobi March in China in June before coming first in Chile in October.

Source: The China Post December 01, 2016 16:05 UTC