2024-04-16 07:31:07
Intentionally slowing down in a Chinese marathon
There are also claims that he played as a pacemaker.
At a half marathon held in Beijing, China, suspicions of match-fixing arose after foreign athletes were caught deliberately slowing down to allow a Chinese athlete to win. It was also revealed that he ran as a ‘pacemaker’ to set a new Chinese marathon record.
According to foreign media such as CNN and Newsweek on the 15th (local time), China’s He Jie (25), gold medalist at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, won the ‘2024 Beijing Half Marathon’ on the 14th with a record of 1 hour, 3 minutes and 44 seconds.
Three African athletes, including Kenya’s Robert Ketter and Willy Mnangat, and Ethiopia’s Dejene Hailu, tied for second place. This record is 1 second slower than Heo Je.
However, after the game, controversy over ‘match-fixing’ arose. This is because the video of the game at the time spread through social media.
In the video, the three African athletes running ahead turn around, check for Heoje, and then slow down at the same time. Willie Mnangat, who was running next to Heoje, made a hand gesture as if to tell Heoje to go first with about 100 meters left before the finish line.
Chinese netizens who saw this responded, “Foreign players don’t seem to want to compete with He Jie,” and “This kind of champion is not glorious at all.”
Some have pointed out that this game is the result of a ‘capital fight’. One netizen pointed out, “When capital begins to flow into sports, sports no longer become pure and athletes become victims,” and added, “The organizing committee should quickly explain the results of this Beijing Half Marathon.”
“This race was not a competition for me,” Nnangat told the BBC. “My job was to set the pace and help Heje win, but unfortunately he couldn’t break the record.” He said that he ran as a ‘pacemaker’ for Heo Je’s new marathon record.
As the controversy grew, the Beijing Sports Bureau, which hosted the event, announced that it was forming a special investigation team to investigate the truth.
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