VideoWatch: Chinese gym teacher races Beijing underground train - and wins

A gym teacher in Beijing beat a subway train to its next stop by running 800 metres in just over two minutes – in a racing stunt inspired by others in Britain and Hong Kong.

Pan Hailong, 26, who is also a professional sprinter, alighted at Nanshilu Station and managed to hop two ticket barriers, climb 203 steps and race to the next station Fuxingmen and bundle back into the same train much to the amazement of passengers.

The distance between the two stations is known to be one of the shortest in the subway system of Beijing.

Pan wore a video camera for a first-person view of his feat, while a small crew took wider shots.

The clip, filmed and produced last month by a team made up by extreme sport enthusiasts, immediately made a splash on mainland social media, garnering more than 1.5 million views.