Japanese comedian sails and runs a circumnavigation

9:18 PM Fri 21 Jan 2011 GMT

'Kanpei Hazama has finished his circumnavigation - he sailed the seas and ran the continents' .

A Japanese comedian and distance runner has completed what he called his 'Earth Marathon' by sailing across the oceans and running across the continents in an adventure which has taken him over two years. Kanpei Hazama, 61, sailed into the port Yokohama and then took 17 days to run to Osaka Castle Park in western Japan, where he began his earth odyssey, joking 'I'm fed up with running' (He didn't mention sailing). Thousands of well-wishers lined the final stages of his earthathon, greeting the popular television personality as he crossed the 'finishing line'. Hazama started his journey by sailing across ...

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