PUBLISHED ONSeptember 15, 20265:54 AMBYEsther Lam
Taiwanese-American singer-actor Vanness Wu and Chinese actor Zheng Kai traded the stage for the fitness arena when they took part in Hyrox Beijing over the weekend.
Videos circulating on social media captured both competing in different stations of their respective races.
Photos posted on Weibo by Zheng Kai’s studio on Sept 12 showed him tackling stations such as the sled pull and farmer’s carry, as well as posing for group photos with his teammates.
The caption read: “This was truly a perfect first experience in a fitness competition, an exhilarating, sweat-drenched challenge where he pushed his limits and broke through personal barriers.”
The 40-year-old, who is also known as Ryan Zheng, is best known as a cast member of Keep Running, China’s version of the popular variety show Running Man.
He competed alongside teammates Yu Longze as well as fitness content creators Bian Bowen and Jia Zhouliang.
According to the results and rankings on Hyrox’s website, they competed in the Team Relay category on Sept 11, finishing in 13th place in their age group with a timing of one hour, 22 minutes and 29 seconds.
However, in an online video of them posing before the scoreboard, their timing was stated as one hour, 16 minutes and 57 seconds.
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Meanwhile, 48-year-old Vanness competed in the Men’s Doubles category alongside his partner Han Chao on Sept 13, finishing 10th in their age group with a time of one hour, 11 minutes and 53 seconds.
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Physical: 100’s Hong Beom-seok, who competed with Shinee’s Minho in the Men’s Doubles category in Singapore earlier this year, also participated over the weekend.
He competed in the Men’s Pro category with his partner Song Byung-seok, but they were disqualified at 54 minutes and 45 seconds. According to online comments, they did 99 reps of the wall ball instead of 100 before crossing the finishing line.
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