深圳半程馬拉松大量選手抄近路作弊

Almost 250 runners in a half marathon were caught cheating when traffic cameras captured them taking shortcuts through bushes.

在一場半程馬拉松賽中，交通攝像機捕捉到將近250名參賽者作弊--他們穿過灌木叢抄近道。

Organisers of the race in Shenzhen, China, also discovered 18 runners wearing fake bibs and three runners they described as "imposters".

在中國深圳舉行的這次比賽的組織方也發(fā)現(xiàn)，有18名跑步者背著假號碼，另有3名跑步者為“冒名頂替者”。

All who cheated are now facing bans.

所有作弊者現(xiàn)在都面臨禁令。

"Marathon running is not simply exercise, it is a metaphor for life, and every runner is responsible for him or herself," organisers said.

組織方表示：“馬拉松跑步不僅僅是運動，它是生活的縮影，每個跑步者都應(yīng)該對自己負(fù)責(zé)。”

Footage captured by Shenzhen police traffic cameras showed runners cutting through bushes to an adjacent carriageway, instead of continuing along the road and making a U-turn.

深圳警方的交通攝像機拍攝的畫面顯示，這些跑步者穿過灌木叢跑到鄰近的跑道，而不是繼續(xù)沿著設(shè)置的跑道轉(zhuǎn)彎。

Organisers said the 237 people caught cheating would have run two or three kilometres less than the full 21-kilometre (13.1-mile) distance.

組織方稱，共有237人被發(fā)現(xiàn)有此作弊行為，這意味著他們比完整的21公里(13.1英里)距離要少跑了2-3公里。

News of the cheating led to the People's Daily newspaper -- one of China's biggest publications-- to urge runners to "respect the marathon and respect sporting spirit" in an editorial.

有關(guān)作弊的新聞令中國最大型的出版物之一的《人民日報》發(fā)出呼吁，在一篇社論中敦促跑步者“尊重馬拉松并尊重體育精神”。