African Runners Let Chinese Opponent Win the Beijing Marathon | Vantage with Palki Sharma

African Runners Let Chinese Opponent Win the Beijing Marathon | Vantage with Palki Sharma

A video circulating on social media shows three African runners letting their Chinese competitor win the Beijing half marathon by throwing the race. The runners can be seen gesturing the Chinese sprinter to pass them on the final stretch. The marathon was sponsored by a Chinese company that also sponsors the eventual winner, triggering speculation that the race was rigged. One of the African runners has reportedly said that he threw the race to help "his friend". The winner - He Jie - is an Asian games champion and a national record holder. Palki Sharma tells you why China's marathon circuit is plagued by cheating scandals.

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[gbb]

The real question is how much were the Africans paid to throw the race.

[VILJL]

The three African runners were escorting the Chinese runner for 13 miles. Well done.

[tegycwh]

Next time the Chinese should offer two Bribe plans: A) Let our runner win B) Let our runner win and make it look believable.

[kidsclub]

Africa payed their 1st loan installment successfully 😂😂😂

[sunnyinmilkyway]

Embarrasing is not a word in china's vocab. It's just pure shamelessness. 😂😂😂

[buddybuythis]

Those African runners weren't even breaking a sweat at all.

[OmarAbdulMalikDHEdMPASPACPAPro]

As someone who has actually run with African runners (Kenyans and Ethiopians), I can tell you, these guys are INSANELY fast! In a 10 mile race, I stayed with them....for about 30 seconds, at my FULL sprint!😅 They KEPT running at what was MY sprint! The top guys finished in 46 minutes🐎. My time was a little over an hour🐌!😭

[MichelMawon]

Amen, I enjoy this lady's reporting style

[dolyharianto]

The Chinese was clearly exhausted while the Africans were like doing warmup runs 😅😅

[Cappellano]

The African runners look like they were going for a light jog, while the Chinese runner was going for a sprint finish 🙃

[juggernautabc]

First mistake was getting on a plane to go to China.

Second mistake was believing it was going to be fair.

Third mistake was thinking anyone believed it was legitimate

[bwirekelvins]

Africa is paying Chinese loans through marathons now 😂😂😂

[bekelemulugeta]

This will help us Africans to repay the loan we borrowed from China😂😂

[sudeep]

It reminds me of Aladdin the Dictator 😂

[oliverkeverenge]

I am Kenyan. I can tell you for sure he didn't let him win out of friendship. Your guess is as good as mine.

[Basta]

China "We apologize for cheating so obviously, next time we'll be more discreet".

[itscholobish]

Africa just cancelled part of its debt to china😂😂😂😂😂

[ItsDeffoScott]

It looked like the African runners were struggling to slow down enough for that guy to win.

[NiteshKumar-ueyp]

No Chinese unemployed youth in the comment section today 😂

[mariomovillon]

'I let him win, because he is my friend...'(...And because we were paid handsomely.)