深圳半程马拉松大量选手抄近路作弊
Almost 250 runners in a half marathon were caught cheating when traffic cameras captured them taking shortcuts through bushes.
在一场半程马拉松赛中,交通摄像机捕捉到将近250名参赛者作弊--他们穿过灌木丛抄近道。Organisers of the race in Shenzhen, China, also discovered 18 runners wearing fake bibs and three runners they described as "imposters".
在中国深圳举行的这次比赛的组织方也发现,有18名跑步者背着假号码,另有3名跑步者为“冒名顶替者”。All who cheated are now facing bans.
所有作弊者现在都面临禁令。
"Marathon running is not simply exercise, it is a metaphor for life, and every runner is responsible for him or herself," organisers said.
组织方表示:“马拉松跑步不仅仅是运动,它是生活的缩影,每个跑步者都应该对自己负责。”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.
深圳警方的交通摄像机拍摄的画面显示,这些跑步者穿过灌木丛跑到邻近的跑道,而不是继续沿着设置的跑道转弯。Organisers said the 237 people caught cheating would have run two or three kilometres less than the full 21-kilometre (13.1-mile) distance.
组织方称,共有237人被发现有此作弊行为,这意味着他们比完整的21公里(13.1英里)距离要少跑了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.
有关作弊的新闻令中国最大型的出版物之一的《人民日报》发出呼吁,在一篇社论中敦促跑步者“尊重马拉松并尊重体育精神”。