Local marathon runner Lin Yi-chieh (
Lin finished first in the seven-day-six-night supermarathon race a day earlier, making him the first athlete from Asia to capture the top award in a world supermarathon contest.
A spokesman for Eros Sports Marketing said Lin has turned a new page in Taiwan's supermarathon race history.
PHOTO: HAN-CHUANG MARKETING CO
Lin was quoted as having said he felt proud and excited when he reached the finish line and hoisted the Taiwanese national flag in the Chilean desert.
Only the world's top 100 marathon runners were invited to take part in the first ever six-stage race, called the Atacama Crossing 2004, because the natural environment of the terrain to be crossed is tough and unpredictable, the Eros spokesman said.
"The temperatures of the six sections of the route ranged from 50?C to -18?C, and the altitudes averaged 3,000km above sea level, with some places rising as high as 4,000km above sea level," the spokesman said.
Lin, who ended 12th in the Sahara Race and third in the Gobi March held in previous years, was the only local runner to be invited to compete in the Atacama Crossing.
Lin ended first in five of the six stages of the race, and he completed the whole race nearly one hour before Charlie Engle of the US, who was is second place.
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