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Nepalese runners excel in Gurkha Trailblazer with sense of history
Tenji Sherpa wins inaugural Gurhka Trailblazer, as Shenzen runner takes first in Lantau Ladies
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A Nepalese runner won the QNET Gurkha Trailblazer, a race designed to promote Gurkha history.
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Tenji Sherpa visited from his home country, and said he found the race easy because of the difficult training he undertakes.
But the race was about more than the result – Gurkhas are Nepalese soldiers in the British army, and helped develop trail running in Hong Kong by using the MacLehose Trail to get fit.
“The history was very important to me,” Sherpa said.
Sherpa was one of three Nepalese runners to make the podium across all the day’s races.
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