Athletics Career
Between 1933 and 1936, he ran 13 marathons and won 10 of them. On November 3, 1935 in Tokyo, Japan, Sohn Kee-Chung set a world best in the marathon with a time of 2h26:42. According to the International Association of Athletics Federations, this record remained unbroken until Sohn's own trainee, Suh Yun-Bok, won the 1947 Boston marathon.
On April 25, 1935, Sohn set a personal best of 2h25:14 that is presumed to have been short.
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