The City to Surf marathon in Sydney, Australia is one of the largest running events in the world by participation. It attracts around 80,000 competitive and fun runners each year who race 8.7 miles (14 km) from Sydney's Central Business District out to Bondi Beach. This year the marathon was held on August 10, 2019.…

As a big crowd of “City to Surf” charity marathon runners jogged down the streets of Sydney Rose Bay on the morning of August 12, 2018, they saw something unexpected: Falun Gong practitioners in yellow T-shirts and banners reading “The World Needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” and “Falun Dafa Is Great.”   A runner and Falun Gong practitioners give each…