Hubei province, recently cancelled the women's 3-thousand-meter race and the men's 5-thousand-meter race at its university games.
位于湖北省武漢的華中科技大學近日取消了該校運動項目中的女子3000米賽和男子5000米賽。
Prior to this, many colleges in Beijing, Nanjing and Xi'an also cancelled their long-distance races. One university official says it's because many students lack the stamina to finish the demanding course and ill-prepared runners could suffer injury or even death after the intense physical activity.
在此之前,北京,南京,西安等地的許多高校就已經取消了這些長跑項目。一位大學官員說取消這些項目是因為許多學生缺乏完成長跑的毅力,而且參賽運動員在準備不當的情況下還有可能受傷甚至在劇烈運動后導致死亡。