Three Chinese runners accused of cheating in Boston Marathon
Three Chinese runners accused of cheating in the 2019 Boston Marathon have been banned from running in any road races in China, according to China’s official new agency.
The Xinhua news agency reported that one of the runners allegedly gave his bib number to other people and the other two allegedly cheated their way into the marathon by forging their personal best result certificates to meet the Boston Marathon’s qualification standard.
They have subsequently been banned for life from competing in China by the Chinese Athletic Association, which serves as the country’s governing body of the sport, according to Xinhua.
On the Chinese Athletic Association webpage, the runners were identified as Wu Zhaofeng, Zhao Baoying and Zhang Jianhua, all of whom of “abnormal results in the 2019 Boston Marathon.” The spelling for the runners was produced by using the Google translating tool on the CAA webpage.
“All the three runners were hit with a life ban from all road running races under the CAA,” Xinhua news agency reported. “The CAA also reiterated that it will continue to crack down all kinds of cheats in marathon in order to build a healthy and clean environment of road running in China.”
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