As a marathon
held in Chuncheon for commemorating the world
conquest of athlete Ham Gi-Yong, who came from
Chuncheon, who won in the Boston Marathon in 1950,
the Chuncheon lakeshore marathon in memory of
Ham Gi-Yong¡¯s world conquest was created
in order to meditate on the sweat and passion
of athlete Ham Gi-Yong, who obtained the golden
medal in the world wide Boston Marathon in 1950,
which was the Korean suffering period in history,
to raise the stature of Korea and present hopes
to Korean people. In the international Lake Uiam
marathon course that produces a spectacle by being
harmonized with the Chuncheon riverside course,
which is full of perfumes of spring of April,
a feast of marathoners from the whole nation is
unfolded.
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