The story of Xiamen marathon girl

Yesterday morning, more than 160 citizens who all love running went to the Coastal Road together to donate for Zheng Ping in Xiamen who is called as the marathon girl. It is understood that after knowing the news of zheng ping's illness, a lot of runners everywhere around the country sympathize her who is poor but loves the marathon so much. Yesterday, there are thousands of runners from eight cities including Dalian hold a running fund-raising activity for Zheng Ping.
On 9 am yesterday morning in Fu Jia Zhuang, the reporter noted that some persons have already began to sell products for charity and donate for Zheng Ping. As the organizer of this donation activity, Yu Lei sells his commemorative medal of cross-country running for charity. Yu Lei told the reporter that about ten days ago when he knew what happened to Zheng Ping from the internet and Xiamen runners, he was very moved so that he decided to help her.
Yu Lei told us that Zheng Ping is now 22 years old and whose hometown is in a remote countryside in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province. For helping her parents to raise her younger brothers and sisters, she worked in Xiamen alone when she was sixteen years old. Taking part in the Xiamen part-time running team after work, Zheng Ping runs 42.195 km marathon in three and a half hour and this score makes her rank in the top 100 among all of the female athletes in China. Zheng Ping is tall, kind, enthusiasm, helpful and easy-going. In the end of last year, Zheng Ping's legs were swelling and painful as well as her throat. She chooses to bear the pain and keeps working because she gets low salary per month. She went to the hospital to do a thorough examination for the first time being helped by Xiamen runners in the early April this year, however, she was diagnosed with acute leukemia.
Yu Lei tells the reporter that according to local doctors introduction and the initial diagnosis, the cure rate of Zheng Ping's disease is more than sixty percent and the treatment cost is around 400 thousand Yuan. With the help of so many runners, Zheng Ping is now treated in a normal hospital in Xiamen city.
Because it is hard to have the cost of treatment immediately, Xiamen runners go to the internet for some help from other runners in China. About ten days after sending out this message, so many runners in eight cities come to help. Today, runners in eight cities which include Dalian, Beijing, Shanghai, Xiamen, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Yantai hold fund-raising activity by running. Yu Lei tells reporters that more than there are more than 160 runners in Dalian have joined this fund-raising activity as well as some companies including a sports goods shop selling sports goods in the value around ten thousand for charity and a marketing director of a sea cucumber company promising to donate 100 Yuan as long as any runner runs for 10 kilometers.
Around ten o'clock yesterday morning, the running campaign began officially and more than 160 runner ran from Fu Jia Zhuang to North Bridge pulling banners blessing for Zheng Ping. This Activity has caused a lot of visitors' attention and they love to give a hand for Zheng Ping. The activity ended in half past eleven yesterday morning. This reporter learned that the total money raised is up to 24,000 Yuan which includes 10,000 Yuan donated by the sea cucumber company because there were 100 runners totally finishing10 km and fund raised by runners there. Yu Lei says that he will give the money to Zheng Ping as soon as possible with a hope that the love from Dalian runners will love her to overcome the disease and return to the running team soon.