Runners appear to let Chinese contestant win Beijing half-marathon
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2024
- Beijing authorities are investigating Sunday's Beijing's half-marathon after footage shared online showed three African runners appearing to slow down near the finish line to allow China's He Jie to overtake them and win.
He won in a time of 1:03:44, a second ahead of Ethiopian Dejene Hailu Bikila and Kenyans Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat, who all tied for the second place.
Video showed the three African runners waving He, who was slightly behind them, in front and gesturing towards the finish line. All four had run together for the entire race of just over 13 miles.
#china #beijing #africa
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First place prize = $5500
Letting him win = $5,500,000
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I hope so cause that just ain’t right😂😂😂😂
'Did we do it right Xi?'
The only thing that would've made it more obvious is if all 3 men literally picked him up and carried dude over the line 😂
And the Chinese guy stretches his foot at the finish line while being carried forward.
The guy on the right is looking at the Chinese athlete as if thinking "when is this guy going to start running properly?"
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I think he would have won the race.
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They were trying so hard not to catchup.
*ketchup
Ketchup throwing is a Trump sport
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Like letting my 8 year old son win
At least when I rig a race do it the right way.
ruclips.net/video/nLesVEO6Y3U/видео.htmlsi=x-Hsdlb6snaRHVAO
I'd LOVE to see your 8yr old run a 1h:04m half marathon
My god that's embarrassing.
Shockingly embarrassing, the Africans couldn't hide their frustrations that the "lead" athlete couldn't even move faster and make it look more real.
how could China embarrass themselves like this? This is beyond cringe 😅😅😅😅
@@akindamilolaabiodun6035apparently that gutter oil they eat makes their bones weak… tofu college students 😂
They're in CHINA. The only other place that's worse is North Korea.
Not as embarrassing as Putins Sochi Winter Olympics in 2016
How embarassing for China
They wont be.From their conformist,totalitarianist system,to their shameless copyright infringement of western goods,to being allowed to face no cosequences over covid,they have no shame whatsoever.
China itself is embarrassing 😂
How patronising of Africa
This trick is mentioned in Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Africa need that Chinese money
they slowed down, none of the africans are even trying. and i watched a lot of marathons and finishes in long distance running.
expert level sport 'watcher'
@@dannyjonze He's right.
All of the african runners would've won by at least 30 yards.
@@alexanderdantonio89993 km, more likely.
@@dannyjonze i run marathons., i have friends who run marathons. dont tell me those 3 africans where trying. ever watched them sprint in the london or NY marathon in the last 100 m. they sprint like cheetahs in the final 100m , these guys where jogging talking to each other . why that would be is another question but yes they let the chinese dude win.
WHY did they make it so obvious??? Cringe.
Because they didnt want to do it, this way they can do what they are told but still have a modicum of self-respect.
@@francistaylor1822 Didn't want to do it, or were they paid to let him win, but there was nothing in the deal that they were not to make it obvious.
They gonna get paid REGARDLESS
This was one marathon race that the rewards for the runners-up were way more lucrative than for the winner.
@@fido9745 That's the good scenario. The other scenario: threats.
Confuscious say: Chinese man who beat African runners in marathon name is Sum Ting Wong
I heard it was Yu No Win
@@JohnJones-ct9pr no no no... Yu No Way Win.... lol
This comment is gonna hit 100k
No it's.. Mi Win
It's Ho Le Fuk!!
It seems that “One Belt, One Road” initiative is working after all…
PRC's Win-Win brand 😂😂😂.
Das rite comrade, letting him win the exhibition run will give them a guaranteed house & lot from the Chinese organisers on top of presenting their home country a guaranteed brand new infrastructure. Very smart indeed 💀💀💀💀
Best comment on this thread!
Any of the three African runners could have run past him……shocking and sad to see in sport.
They could have hopped past him facing backwards but the Chinese government is trying desperately to give the world the impression that they are equal to or better than anyone else. This nauseating nationalism is obvious to everyone else but somehow it allows them to keep up appearances in their own country.
Payoff silly...
It's not "sport"...it's just an exhibition run, and the Africans received a nice bonus for letting He "win."
In a real and honest competition, those African runners would have smoked the chinese runner by at least 15 minutes. "See ya....."
Chinese government is very weak.
I bet China paid at least $5k to each to let the Chinese runner win. 😂
It's lot more when involving bet lord mafia
And the rest
Nope!! theres nothing like dat..
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That's also what China does to African countries in UN votes.
This video misses the entire part where they waved him forward. The moments running up to this video clearly show them pointing out where he was supposed to be, and slowing down for him. How did The Telegraph miss this one?
ruclips.net/video/z79UKtk0yoc/видео.htmlsi=7r73_KvjPfzUp5o1
Because they want to show the finish while keeping the video short
@@user-bn9xy2on8i ? They literally showed the same thing twice in the video. They could have shown the noteworthy part and still had time to show the finish.
Because western media always editing/cutting any video report from China in order to meet their narrative: smearing an ti China pr0paganda.
cus theyre significant chinese investors told them not to
He might as well have paid them cash on the finish line.
Government bought out the other runners. This is why nobody in the real world trusts China.
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They were invited as peacekeepers, all stripped of their medals anyway
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They even clapped for him😂😂 at the end
if 能骗就骗 was a person .
Well! That's true admirable friendship is all about even knowing there will be consequences.
Guy on the right struggling to go slower then the chinese runner
Sheer lies
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He's thinking, ''why isn't he trying ''
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China being China. 🤷♂
能骗就骗
Made in China
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I’m of Chinese descent and this is embarrassing. Anyone watching this vid knows this is as rigged as it gets
Its China, when are they not cheating, bribing, or lying while trying to get ahead in anything they're involved in. Mainland China earned their reputation for good reason.
Wth has being from their descent have to do with it? China is corrupt and they are very poor at hiding it clearly.
@@FactsoverFeelings94027in construction!.... Oh wait... 😅
But the women at the end are very excited 😅
@@khae74they're only cheering because this time around I didn't win the race like last time lol .
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Those Kenyans were not even on half a tank at the end. They could have smoked him. Very obvious and a bit of a shame. We need to know the facts.
They may be protesting corruption at home! Maybe they were mistreated by their government!
One of the Kenyan runners is claiming that they were running as pacemakers, but let's be honest: He was paid to say that. This is an utter embarrassment for everyone involved.
Did they seriously think that even a fool wouldn't notice the fraud?
It would have been funny to see him start walking to make the other three athletes crawl 😆
Like your mother crawls when I call her
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The game is rigged!
Noooooo, China wouldn't cheat!
Few bucks goes a long way.
Wrong
No, the African runner is friends with the Chinese runner. He chose to let him win. No one persuaded him to do that.
@@David-vg8lxnot wrong. Its Wong
@@rickace132which one all three of them ?
Are we surprised ?
Think about this. How many countries don't compete with the U.S. on the world stage? Why? Because they don't want to be embarrassed. Since China is in their own world, no harm no foul, and what we think is unimportant. No I wasn't surprised.
Why ? it's a true marathon game.
Yeah, in China. How many times dose China compete on the world stage with other countries outside of China?
One of the african runner even clapped for him. This is embarrassing and shameful.
What a weak people to win like this. Shameful!!! There is no honor in cheating!!
Just money!!
if the price is right anything is possible
wHAT A JOKE
The fact that they ran the whole 13 miles together, means that they were just pace-setters for him, and trying to give his 'victory' a modicum of realism - when in fact it's had the opposite effect. It didn't look like they were straining to keep up !! 🙄😂
Wrong: to the CCP it’s an affirmation of ‘middle kingdom’.
China = Middle Kingdom
Heaven = top kingdom
Earth (us degenerates) = lower (bottom) kingdom
Not the only country on earth that believes that they have divine approval.
Chinese propaganda
Official pacemakers usually get a different bib. It still sounds like a management problem
I read it "on the internet" that they were indeed hired to set the pace and not win, but entered as contestants. Can't have it both ways. Hope they made some good money on the deal....
What an aladeen moment! 😂
He aladeen won the race.
That's funny
Was looking for this comment before I posted the same thing 😂
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dude on the right kept looking at the chi-dude asking him to pick up the pace. chi-dude was going as fast as his little legs could carry him. the kenyans probably got a huge bonus from the communists for letting chi-dude win.
They even raised their hands at the finish line to celebrate the Chinese runner's win. These are bad actors.
They were part of the act
Likely paid as well it’s so overwhelmingly sad 😢 to see sports rigged
Great job guys. Here's yours, yours and yours.
All's well that ends well! 😀
Correctamundo!
Heyyyyy 🎉
At the end of the race
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This is just wrong . Killing the spirit of sports.
Thanks Chinese Government. Your infantile emotions have ruined another sport
Yeah if they paid the refs instead it could be more like the professional sports in the US.
It’s obvious the winner was predetermined
Exactly! China wins by cheating. It’s their culture.
Who wants to win in such a way? That's a blemish on the career for life.
Sorry bit I don't see it
Texaschinaman is blind
@@texascrimestoriesI see bit, not but!
It's obviously rigged,, this is so embarrassing,,
What a champion! To beat 3 other highly competitive runners like that is the stuff of unimaginable dreams!!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍🤣
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@@XetaXones I honestly can’t understand how they think they could fool anyone…🤣
@@kallekas8551 they fooled nobody. The race wasn't rigged. The Chinese athlete has superior genetics. Long Live China!
@@kallekas8551 they think they can fool ppl with online trolls too, theyre delulu 😂
Only the Chinese can perform such a feat.
This is just a small issue for china,think about thier football leagues,one team can pay fews million to others team in order to "buy" the game.
Games? Think about how they usurped Taiwan in the UN, a founding member, by buying African countries.
Look at how the Chinese man is so exhaused, whereas it was just a quick warmup for the 2 Kenyans + Ethiopian.
''And the loser is: !!''
And there were even crowds cheering!!! 😂
This was worse than North Korea
They were part of the paid players
the one in the back is very obvious with his hand gesture like his guiding "this way this way"😂
The commentator was saying that the 4 runners shared such a good chemistry and rapport in their final dash to the finish line. 😂😂😂. Obviously, the commentators were not given the script.😂
Hilarious. I wonder if they could have made his time better if they picked him up and ran with him in their arms for the last mile or so.
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@ 0:10 black guy on the right starts telling his team 'slow down, slow down' 😆lol
I wonder what their times were and how they were compared to their usual times?
Edit: just checked and Mnangat ran wuxi Marathon a month ago in the time 2:06:57. This Beijing half Marathon he ran in 1 second slower than the Chinese who finished in 1:03:44.
So his time were slower (average pr/km) than when he ran a full Marathon only a month ago.
Sure..
Bikila’s PR marathon is 2:09.
They was having a hard time keeping behind of him. Too funny-hopefully they got paid well.
The question is HOW MUCH?
Someone got paid, or should I say 3.
That is hard to watch..all 4 should be banned..what a disgrace.
How embarrassing.
This is also a meme video about how China wins in technology.
China happy to take tech and intellectual secrets
Not surprised
OMG the African runners all were smiling and even gave him a little clap at the end. Wouldn't anyone be embarrassed about this??
Imagine they all went faster the last 10 meters to make a dope out of him 🤣
Then they wouldn't have gotten paid silly
@@devinthomas4866 I know I know. Still would have been brilliant 😂
Beijing should have hired runners who can act better.
The Black guy aviously jogging
Which 1? I saw three😂😂😂😂
And the chinese busting his gut 😅
The africans weren’t even breaking a sweat
That's terrible. Disgusting. An insult to all race runners. An insult to the event organisers. And an insult to each of their countries.
Such a shame that it's gone to this.
This ain't China. It's Xina.
The cheque is in the post..
And maybe the Chinese isn’t even from China. He could be a 15-year old Russian figure skater😂
This is absolutely hilarious. "HEY SLOW DOWN!" "I'm sorry I'm sorry i don't know how to run this slow.... i'm trying!"
Those 3 stooges should be banned. They are making a mockery of the marathon race.
No I think someone should loose honourably than to win this way...even your family and nation can't cheer this😢
Not surprised at all 😂😂😂
lol but if the Africans would have won Chinese internet would have a fit.
Imagine if the African guys actually ran at full speed. It would be like the time my teenage cousin destroyed me in Mario Kart when I was like 8.
The African runners should not have made it look so obvious there that they could easily overtake outrunning that guy lmao 🤣😂🤣😂
They had to edit out the full race.
ruclips.net/video/nLesVEO6Y3U/видео.htmlsi=x-Hsdlb6snaRHVAO
Infrastructure and debt financing. Over the last couple decades, China's infrastructure investments and loans have been rapidly expanding. Between 2006 and 2017, Kenya has taken large loans of at least $9.8 billion (Sh1043. 77 billion) from China, and as of 2019, China accounted for 72% of Kenya's overall foreign debt.
Careful, Kenya. Remember what happened to Sri Lanka, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, North Korea....
And the Kenyans are paying back even by the modest means available to them.
China and manipulation, name a more iconic duo
Russia and corruption
Ant and Dec...
America and manipulation lol
Biden + Hunter
Jo3 and Hunt3r
imagine if the chinese started to slow down up to point they started to walk 😂
😮 precisely why i stopped betting on half marathon races...
It’s actually a good reason to start betting on these.
I’ve asked for odds on the Beijing 2025 half already.
@@AnyOldSite 🤣 yeah, always bet on the chinese guy!
This is so disgusting 🤮
The Chinese government official forgot to tell the African runners to not make it so obvious
Clear as day , the Africans were battling to run that slow ,seems they were able to run 10x that pace but were holding back
Haha, what a joke.
They earned more money for not winning!
The Africans slowing down to let the Chinese runner win is a worse insult to the PRC if he actually lost. SMH.
The brothers were just walking and not even trying!!! 😂😂🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍👍
😂😂😂😂😂😂 the Chinese are Shameless! Unbelievable!
能骗就骗
Ban all runners. Disgrace 😱
China put a lot of money in their bets
were they pacing him?
Embarrassing
the whole of competetive sport demonstrated right there
Yep! Always comes down to rich or poor… the rich buy their wins for fun, and the poor have to sell theirs for food and basic needs. The result? Rigged system with no integrity or meritocracy
They were contracted as pacemakers.
Simple.
I like how all three of them were trying to get second place without passing the Chinese runner😅
Well that’s a surprise 😂
Not a “contestant “. A “runner “ or “athlete”.
I wondering now how they up the tally in international games
This 3 should be banned also to compete in other places..its a shame...
'Beijing authorities are investigating' thats funny
What’s to investigate
That is blatant
This event is not new to china's actions
Cheating
Maybe they were...all...just letting him win to be nice?
Nah.
. ..nice to their family 😂
Actually, just to pay their nation's debt to the Chinese even if in the smallest way possible.
Like watch a horse race where the thoroughbreds get held back for Shetland pony to cross the line 😂
So pathetic that they feel they need to do this, china is broken. It’s sport, the best runner should win not the local guy.. not surprised at all that the African runners took a bribe
Money Problems