Jimbo 175 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 A Chinese girl has arrived in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the southern province of Hainan in less than two months. Zhang Huimin, eight, rose each day at 0230 and ran about 1.5 marathons (64km, 40 miles), Xinhua news agency said. Her father accompanied her on a bicycle. He said the feat was aimed at drawing attention to her Olympic potential ahead of the Beijing games next year. He denied forcing her to run, but some experts have said it amounted to abuse. The girl arrived in the Chinese capital on Sunday after starting out in Hainan on 3 July. Zhang Huimin, who is 1.22m (4ft) tall and weighs 21kg (46lb), is too young to compete in the 2008 Olympics but her father, Zhang Jianmin, believes she can compete in the 2016 games, when she will be 17. Domestic media and some experts have accused her father of abuse, saying running such long distances could damage the girl's body and affect her growth. "I make the training fun for her. I don't push her," Mr Zhang told the Beijing News. "She loves to run. Many people don't understand us," he said. Zhang and his wife have separated, mainly because she opposed his way of training their daughter, the newspaper reported. "Whether people oppose it or not, we will soldier on," Mr Zhang said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 A Chinese girl has arrived in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the southern province of Hainan in less than two months. Zhang Huimin, eight, rose each day at 0230 and ran about 1.5 marathons (64km, 40 miles), Xinhua news agency said. Her father accompanied her on a bicycle. He said the feat was aimed at drawing attention to her Olympic potential ahead of the Beijing games next year. He denied forcing her to run, but some experts have said it amounted to abuse. The girl arrived in the Chinese capital on Sunday after starting out in Hainan on 3 July. Zhang Huimin, who is 1.22m (4ft) tall and weighs 21kg (46lb), is too young to compete in the 2008 Olympics but her father, Zhang Jianmin, believes she can compete in the 2016 games, when she will be 17. Domestic media and some experts have accused her father of abuse, saying running such long distances could damage the girl's body and affect her growth. "I make the training fun for her. I don't push her," Mr Zhang told the Beijing News. "She loves to run. Many people don't understand us," he said. Zhang and his wife have separated, mainly because she opposed his way of training their daughter, the newspaper reported. "Whether people oppose it or not, we will soldier on," Mr Zhang said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 175 Posted August 27, 2007 Author Share Posted August 27, 2007 A Chinese girl has arrived in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the southern province of Hainan in less than two months. Zhang Huimin, eight, rose each day at 0230 and ran about 1.5 marathons (64km, 40 miles), Xinhua news agency said. Her father accompanied her on a bicycle. He said the feat was aimed at drawing attention to her Olympic potential ahead of the Beijing games next year. He denied forcing her to run, but some experts have said it amounted to abuse. The girl arrived in the Chinese capital on Sunday after starting out in Hainan on 3 July. Zhang Huimin, who is 1.22m (4ft) tall and weighs 21kg (46lb), is too young to compete in the 2008 Olympics but her father, Zhang Jianmin, believes she can compete in the 2016 games, when she will be 17. Domestic media and some experts have accused her father of abuse, saying running such long distances could damage the girl's body and affect her growth. "I make the training fun for her. I don't push her," Mr Zhang told the Beijing News. "She loves to run. Many people don't understand us," he said. Zhang and his wife have separated, mainly because she opposed his way of training their daughter, the newspaper reported. "Whether people oppose it or not, we will soldier on," Mr Zhang said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 A Chinese girl has arrived in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the southern province of Hainan in less than two months. Zhang Huimin, eight, rose each day at 0230 and ran about 1.5 marathons (64km, 40 miles), Xinhua news agency said. Her father accompanied her on a bicycle. He said the feat was aimed at drawing attention to her Olympic potential ahead of the Beijing games next year. He denied forcing her to run, but some experts have said it amounted to abuse. The girl arrived in the Chinese capital on Sunday after starting out in Hainan on 3 July. Zhang Huimin, who is 1.22m (4ft) tall and weighs 21kg (46lb), is too young to compete in the 2008 Olympics but her father, Zhang Jianmin, believes she can compete in the 2016 games, when she will be 17. Domestic media and some experts have accused her father of abuse, saying running such long distances could damage the girl's body and affect her growth. "I make the training fun for her. I don't push her," Mr Zhang told the Beijing News. "She loves to run. Many people don't understand us," he said. Zhang and his wife have separated, mainly because she opposed his way of training their daughter, the newspaper reported. "Whether people oppose it or not, we will soldier on," Mr Zhang said. RUN! ya little bitch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicklee Sausage Roll 0 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 They've airbrushed out the rope attaching her to the bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM4 0 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Wow... that photo is amazing. Looks like a movie poster!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Could be worse, he could have her on the batter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gejon 2 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I think a congratulations is in order tbh! Thats fucking far to cycle, heres to you Mr Zhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7002 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I think a congratulations is in order tbh! Thats fucking far to cycle, heres to you Mr Zhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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