ZHANGJIAJIE, July 24 (Xinhua) -- More than 80 parkour traceurs home and abroad competed at Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province in a three-day parkour competition, which concluded on Sunday.
The 999-step staircase leading up to the scenic area's landmark Tianmen Cave is a famous parkour course.
Competitors were required to complete a sequence of jumps and flips down a nearly 300-meter-long slope with a 150-meter vertical drop from the top of the 999-step staircase.
A total of 108 obstacles were placed along the steps, putting the competitors' stamina, skills and precision under test.
Chinese competitor Zhou Mianwei won the championship of individual speed run with a record time of one minute and 35.505 seconds.
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