On Sunday, the 2006 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon took place in much less than ideal conditions: that day the local air pollution was the worst in the past five months.
Over 38,000 people ran. The men's full marathon was won by Simon Bor of Kenya in 2:14:18, and the women's by Dire Tune from Ethiopia in 2:35:01.
One of the other runners was 53-year-old Tsang Kam-yin, who apparently had a history of respiratory illness. He died early Tuesday morning at Princess Margaret Hospital , after collapsing unconscious Sunday at Ting Kau Bridge, Tsing Yi, during his third marathon, having completed about 13km of the 42.195km race. At time of this writing, cause of death unknown. Inquests, medical and otherwise, to follow. Meantime, condolences to Mr Tsang's family.
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