2016 Sky Marathon in Shanghai

Jiang Xingguang

(en.nhfpc.gov.cn)

Updated: 2016-11-01

Participants pose for the 2016 Sky Marathon held at the Shanghai World Financial Center on Oct 16. Finishers climbed up 2,726 steps before reaching the 474-meter-high Walkway, a platform for sightseeing, on the 100th floor. [Photo by Liu Ying/Xinhua]

The Norwegian footballer Ronny Johnsen (left) poses with participants of the 2016 Sky Marathon. Nearly 1,000 people between the ages of 16 to 64, from over 20 countries, joined the competition. [Photo by Liu Ying/Xinhua]

Zeng Wenbo, a participant from Changsha of central China's Hunan province, was the first to finish the 2016 Sky Marathon. [Photo by Liu Ying/Xinhua]

Zeng Wenbo shakes hands with one of the event organizers after becoming a record-setter, finishing the whole climb in 16 minutes and eight seconds. [Photo by Liu Ying/Xinhua]