2024-04-19 13:15:01
The match-fixing controversy that took place during the 2024 Beijing Half Marathon ultimately ended with the winners’ records being canceled and prize money forfeited. Chinese authorities confirmed that there was cheating during the competition held on the 14th and took action against those involved.
On the 19th, the 2024 Beijing Half Marathon Organizing Committee announced the results of an investigation into allegations of match-fixing. The committee said: “Of the four foreign athletes who participated as pacemakers, one dropped out of the race halfway, but three others ran ahead and intentionally slowed down in the last remaining 2 kilometers,” adding: “As a result, China’s He Jie finished with a time of 1 hour, 3 minutes and 44 seconds. “We took first place with our record,” he said.
Three African athletes are tied for second place, one second behind Heo Je. The organizing committee decided to revoke the records of a total of four players, including Heo Je and the three players tied for second place, and also withdraw their medals and prize money.
In addition, the qualifications of competition organizers including the Beijing International Sports Management Exchange Center and Zhongao Sports Management Co., Ltd. were suspended. We plan to hold those involved in the event legally accountable. The organizing committee said: “We feel a deep sense of responsibility” and “We will take this incident as a lesson and strive to promote sportsmanship and raise the level of competition.”
Last weekend, at a tournament in Beijing, China, controversy erupted over match-fixing after other players gave in to allow Chinese player He Jie to win. In the on-site video, Kenyan players Robert Keeter and Willie Nnangat and Ethiopian player Dejene Bikila were seen looking at Heoje and slowing down.
As Heo Je followed closely, one of the players gestured to start. He was also seen running alongside Heo, and when other African players appeared to take the lead, he appeared to hold out his arms to stop them.
A Kenyan player has admitted to “fixing matches” through foreign media. “Four runners signed up to help He Jie break the Chinese half marathon record of 1 hour, 2 minutes and 33 seconds,” Nnangat said in an interview with BBC Sports Africa on the 16th (local time). race. “I couldn’t do it,” he said.
He Je is a gold medalist at the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games. In the full marathon held in Wuxi last month, he crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 6 minutes and 57 seconds, setting a new Chinese record.
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