深圳半程馬拉松大量選手抄近路作弊
Almost 250 runners in a half marathon were caught cheating when traffic cameras captured them taking shortcuts through bushes.
在一場半程馬拉松賽中,交通攝像機捕捉到將近250名參賽者作弊--他們穿過灌木叢抄近道。Organisers of the race in Shenzhen, China, also discovered 18 runners wearing fake bibs and three runners they described as "imposters".
在中國深圳舉行的這次比賽的組織方也發現,有18名跑步者揹着假號碼,另有3名跑步者爲“冒名頂替者”。All who cheated are now facing bans.
所有作弊者現在都面臨禁令。
"Marathon running is not simply exercise, it is a metaphor for life, and every runner is responsible for him or herself," organisers said.
組織方表示:“馬拉松跑步不僅僅是運動,它是生活的縮影,每個跑步者都應該對自己負責。”Footage captured by Shenzhen police traffic cameras showed runners cutting through bushes to an adjacent carriageway, instead of continuing along the road and making a U-turn.
深圳警方的交通攝像機拍攝的畫面顯示,這些跑步者穿過灌木叢跑到鄰近的跑道,而不是繼續沿着設置的跑道轉彎。Organisers said the 237 people caught cheating would have run two or three kilometres less than the full 21-kilometre (13.1-mile) distance.
組織方稱,共有237人被發現有此作弊行爲,這意味着他們比完整的21公里(13.1英里)距離要少跑了2-3公里。News of the cheating led to the People's Daily newspaper -- one of China's biggest publications -- to urge runners to "respect the marathon and respect sporting spirit" in an editorial.
有關作弊的新聞令中國最大型的出版物之一的《人民日報》發出呼籲,在一篇社論中敦促跑步者“尊重馬拉松並尊重體育精神”。