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Rescue workers carry a stretcher as they work at the site where extreme cold weather killed participants of ultramarathon race in Baiyin, Gansu province, China May 22, 2021. (AP)
Five individuals involved in planning the ill-fated event were issued jail terms ranging from three years to five and a half years by a Chinese court
Organisers of a 2021 ultramarathon in northwest China during which 21 runners died in extreme weather conditions have been sentenced to years in prison for their roles, state media reported.
Five individuals involved in planning the ill-fated event were issued jail terms ranging from three years to five and a half years by a court in Baiyin, a city in Gansu province, where the deaths occurred, state news agency Xinhua reported late Friday.
In May 2021, the 100-kilometre (62-mile) cross-country mountain race turned deadly as freezing rain, high winds and hail hit the competitors. The five defendants were convicted for…