More than ten thousand Santa Clauses descended on Madrid on Dec 12 for a record-breaking Christmas run.
一萬多人參加了12月12日在西班牙首都馬德里舉辦的創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的“圣誕長跑”活動(dòng)。

Red suits and Santa hats stretched as far as the eye could see through the Spanish capital, for the fourth official event. The course is 5.5km.
今年是第四次官方“圣誕跑”活動(dòng)，穿著紅衣服、戴著圣誕帽的“圣誕老人”隊(duì)伍讓人一眼望不到邊。路線全長為5.5公里。

The number of competitors more than doubled that of last year and the event shattered its previous world record for the most people dressed as Santa in one race.
今年參跑的人數(shù)是去年的兩倍多，打破了該賽事此前創(chuàng)下的“人數(shù)最多的‘圣誕老人’長跑比賽”世界紀(jì)錄。

Organizers were delighted that some 60 per cent of competitors were women, as the event has traditionally attracted more men.
而且組織者驚喜的發(fā)現(xiàn)，今年參跑的人中，60%為女性。往年都是男性居多。

And more than 1,000 children also competed – with those under 12 running in the ‘Elf’ category and receiving a little green suit and hat.
本次比賽還有1000多名兒童參跑。12歲以下的兒童都打扮成精靈的樣子，穿著綠色行頭，帶著綠色小帽子。

編譯：杜娟