The Terrifying Last Minutes of 21 Ultramarathon Runners

I’ve seen various headlines about runners feeling unwell during races and, less often, about someone passing away. But for one marathon to claim the lives of 21 runners is truly horrifying. In this video, I’ve compiled the chronology of events that occurred on May 22, 2021, in the Stone Forest of the Yellow River in northern China.

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[biscuitandbailey]

The fact that the villagers had to save people when they organizers were busy contemplating wether to send help or not because it would ruin the “marathon” is absurd

[supercowgaming]

9:07 "However not all the found runners needed help. Some already had frozen to death."
Man I wasn't expecting the follow-up sentence to be that grim. Smh.

[bigchungus]

As tragic as this event is, I think the fact that they were all out looking for eachother to provide aid really helped to reduce the amount of casualties.

[jasonorjoshlee]

The woman who ran 68 km in that weather is extremely impressive…like how??

[MsAmira]

I wouldn't call an ultramarathon a "regular running competition". It's pretty intense what these athletes go through!

[theerepenterakatheecomfort]

In case you are confused about the woman who was still running. The video said she was unaware of the storm and she was about to win so she was ahead of the storm, it said she was in a separate area from the others who were harmed aka aware

[christopherandrews]

Not me, but my mom. Back in the mid 70’s, before I was born, she was invited to go on a boat out on Lake Erie with her friends. She had to work that day, but her friends told her to call off sick. There was a total of five people. She decided the day before to go to work. Lake Erie is known for its unpredictability. It’s good that she didn’t go because a freak storm erupted and everyone on board died, except one, he managed to swim to shore. Myself and my two sisters were almost never born

[cathyorendorf]

In April 2012 my son ran the Boston Marathon. Before the race the runners were given the option of deferring their candidacy until the following year because it was going to be unusually hot day and they were worried that many people would be affected badly by running in that heat. We had traveled from Delaware by car and stayed at a hotel, so my son decided to run anyway. He was affected by the heat, had a slow time, but was still happy about his decision to run. The following year, 2013 was the year of the Boston marathon bombing, my daughter and her husband in 2012 had been watching the race from right where one of the bombs exploded in 2013, we were so happy my son didn't defer until the following year.

[bastokrepublic]

I don't like all the stock footage clips that are not related to the actual events. really takes you out of the story.

[nhatho]

I remember when this news broke. Some of China's top ultra runners died on that mountain. A dark day in the ultrarunning community.

[davidh]

Back in 2009 i decided not to go hiking near Marysville outside of Melbourne because i was tired from work. That day was the infamous black Saturday bushfire. About 180 people tragically died.

[martharunstheworld]

You keep calling it a marathon. It wasn't a marathon, it was an ULTRAMARATHON, a completely different style of race.

[gvdhhfvv]

The rule of 3's i learned is 3 weeks with no food, 3 days with no water, and 3 hrs with no shelter.

[AlonDea]

09:07 "however not all the found runners needed help"
- oh that's cool
"Some had already frozen to death"
- ooh...

[jlvandat]

I began flying in my late teens, and learned to watch the weather very carefully when planning. It was a habit that paid off in nearly every pursuit since. YouTube is filled with examples of tragedies easily avoided by more attention to weather conditions. Ironically, we live in a time when such vital info is readily available and generally reliable.

[soniarodriguez]

This didn't happen to me, but to a friend, while we worked a part time job in the mornings, during our university studies in the afternoons, & it was my day off: On that particular day, he could not be at the bus stop that would take him from the work location to school early enough, then the bus got so crowded and my friend even ran after the bus, cursing at the driver, as this meant that he was going to be late for his first lesson on that day. Later that same evening, we all watched on TV, that the bus my friend missed, had crashed and there were many casualties. I will never forget my friend's face expression, when he realised that this delay had probably saved his life.

[Jaggerbush]

Holy smokes. Great video. Horrible story. I had no idea this even happened. Thanks.

[sethchapman]

This is so tragic, the organizers are so guilty for this. It took until 2pm before they officially canceled the race? Inexcusable, they failed.

[zvisger]

Oh my god a real persons voice... on YouTube... i am blessed. Thank you for existing

[Thephreshprincejr]

Yo he died and they STILL fired or "dismissed" him! That's wild