Culture & Life

Hong Kong dad runs from obesity into record books

Weighing in at 120 kilogrammes, a smoker and drinker revelling in Hong Kong's hedonistic expat scene has turned his life around to achieve two world marathon records.

06.11.2016

(AFP) Weighing in at 120 kilos, a smoker and drinker revelling in Hong Kong's hedonistic expat scene, David Gething was heading for a heart attack by his 40th birthday.

He could so easily have ended up a health statistic, another casualty of the city's excesses, he says. Instead he funnelled his energy into sport -- and ran right into the record books.