Moscow, Aug. 25, A team of Soviet athletes have completed a race of 887 kilometres between Engels (Volga region) and Moscow in eleven' days, out of which 96 hours were spent in actual running. Seven runners, ranging (rom 21 to 36 years, participated in the race, after preliminary training during which they reached a speed fof 120 Kilometres a day.
The men had to swim 25 rivers on their way, including the 600 metres across the Volga. The team main-ined a speed of 10 to 15 kilometres an hour, covering up to 90 kilometres every day.
'After avery careful examination by a medical commission, the latter were able to certify that 1 physical state hed not been affected by' the race. The runners are now tunder the observation of a commission of medical specialists who are studying the effects of a long Tun upon the human organism—Tass,
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