世界大战也不间断的比赛如今取消？

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Organizers canceled the Boston Marathon on Thursday for the first time in its history, bowing to the social distancing requirements of the coronavirus outbreak and ending a 124-year run that had persisted through two World Wars, a volcanic eruption and even another pandemic.

两次世界大战，一次火山喷发以及一次之前的疫情都没能让持续了124年的波士顿马拉松比赛中断，然而因为最近的新冠病毒疫情带来的社交隔离，周四时波士顿马拉松比赛的主办方今年首次取消了该比赛。

The race, which draws a field of 30,000 and already had been postponed from April 20 to Sept. 14, will be replaced by a virtual event in which participants who verify that they ran 26.2 miles (42.2 km) on their own will receive their finisher's medal.

这项赛事参赛规模可以达到三万人，之前，就已经从4月20号推迟到了9月14号，如今，它将会被网上比赛取代，在网上比赛中参赛者只要确认他们自愿跑了26.2英里（42.2公里），即可得到跑完全程的奖牌。

“It became clear as this crisis developed that Sept. 14 was less and less plausible," Mayor Marty Walsh said at a news conference outside City Hall, where runners traditionally gather for a pre-race pasta dinner.

“随着疫情的不断的发展，9月14号比赛看起来越来越不可能了。”市长麦提·沃尔什在市政大厅外的一次新闻发布会上说道，而这里也是之前的参赛者们一般会聚集在一起享受赛前意大利面大餐的地方。

“This is a challenge, but meeting tough challenges is what the Boston Marathon is all about," Walsh said, invoking the response to the finish line bombings seven years ago.

“这是一次挑战，但我们波士顿马拉松本来就是要进行艰巨的挑战，”沃尔什说，还提到了七年前的终点线爆炸案事件。

"It’s a symbol of our city’s and our commonwealth’s resilience. So it’s incumbent upon all of us to dig deep, like a marathon runner, like we did in 2013, and keep that spirit alive.”

“这次比赛是我们城市和我们的人民的毅力的象征。我们作为现任工作者，就应该像一名马拉松跑者一样，像我们2013年做到的那样，让这种坚持不懈的精神发扬下去。”

Although the title of Boston Marathon champion is contested by a few dozen elite athletes, the field includes more than 30,000 recreational and charity runners, with as many as 1 million people lined up along the course trek from Hopkinton to Boston’s Back Bay.

尽管波士顿马拉松的冠军一般在少数几名顶尖的运动员之间角逐，这场比赛还会包括30,000多名创意和慈善跑者，同时会有超过100万人在从霍普金顿到波士顿后湾的整个沿途，给他们列队加油。

That presented organizers with a social distancing problem that won't be solved by the fall.

这就给主办方带来了严重的社交隔离的问题，这在秋天之前没法解决的。

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文中提到波士顿马拉松曾连续举办了多少年？

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