This morning, the 2026 Siguniang Mountain Yunjian Huajing Trail Run and Golden League China Series Finals took place as scheduled. In this race, Fan Banglin and Zhang Ting claimed the men's and women's titles respectively, each also taking home the RMB 250,000 grand prize awarded to the first-place winners of the men's and women's Lighthouse Program. Guan Yousheng and Yang Chunlong finished second and third in the men's race; Xiong Binbin and Zheng Wenrong took second and third in the women's. Last night's rain left the course wet and muddy — which shoes would the competitors choose as their battle shoes for this final showdown? In our tally we found that several athletes who appeared on the leaderboard at the Golden League's final stop, the Wulang Qingyang Mountain Trail Race, were wearing the same shoe models as today. That may be because today's course and distance were similar to those at the Shennongjia race day, and the shoes had already been well broken-in with the athletes — so for the final many still chose the safest, most reliable "familiar partner." On the men's side, Fan Banglin again wore the SALOMON S/LAB PULSAR 3. It has accompanied him through Jilongding and Shennongjia campaigns. Guan Yousheng stuck with the racing shoes he used to win at Shennongjia — a test pair of the KAILAS FUGA YAO SPEED. Yang Chunlong chose Anta's flagship high-performance trail racing shoe — the Liesun SPEED RC — the same model he wore in his first trail race. On the women's side, Zhang Ting also continued with Li-Ning's Lu 2 PRO, standing on the Golden League finals podium in them — the same shoes she wore to victory at Shennongjia and to third place at Jilongding previously. Xiong Binbin, as at Shennongjia, chose the same KAILAS FUGA PRO 4 she wore last time. Zheng Wenrong, like Yang Chunlong, also chose the Anta Liesun SPEED RC. Among the top three men and women, Anta and KAILAS each accounted for two pairs, while Li-Ning and Salomon each had one. These shoes have accompanied the athletes onto Golden League podiums multiple times, even to multiple championships. It seems the principle for pros — "finding shoes that suit you, the course conditions, and the distance" — still applies. #GoldenLeague #SiguniangYunjianTrailRace #TrailRunning #ShoeRankings #TrailRunningBlast