Cheaters in the China Half Marathon.

This is something we don't see in the news very often.....

 At the Shenzhen Half Marathon,  258 people have been accused of cheating in the race. Video footage from local traffic cameras show the accused cutting through a wooded strip, which shorten their race by 3 kilometers. The other cheating method was that two runners wore the same number on their bibs. As a result of this, the runners with the fake bibs are banned for life, while those who took shortcuts are banned for two years. 



https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/asia/shenzhen-marathon-cheating-intl/index.html

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