The Chinese marathon reappeared in a scandal, three black men deliberately released water to escort the Chinese runners to win the championship, "really" showing "friendship first and competition second"
On April 14, the 2024 Beijing Half Marathon kicked off, and the national record holder He Jie won the championship with a time of 1 hour 03 minutes and 44 seconds, while the next three African runners won the second place with only one second difference.
The broadcast footage after the game showed that some of the three foreign athletes made a gesture of waving their hands, intending to let He Jie win the championship. As soon as this incident came out, the Internet immediately exploded, and some netizens questioned the "black escort to win the championship" incident, and a sarcastic "new idiom" appeared - Sanhei Rangjie.
In the early stages of the race, elite runner Fang Jia Oren said that he was suddenly disqualified before the race, which shows how unusual the race was. Sports competitions not only reflect the spirit of sportsmanship, but also reflect the quality and quality of Chinese people. But what is surprising is that this sports competition does not embody the spirit of sportsmanship, and "competitive sports" becomes "competitive sports".
What happened was that He Jie, a marathon runner from Ningxia, "stood out and won the championship" in this fierce competition.
Behind this seemingly glamorous victory, there are so many "secrets" hidden. Through the video broadcast and replay, netizens saw that in the second half of the race, the three black players and He Jie chased after me, but careful netizens found that when approaching the finish line, the three black players deliberately gave way to He Jie and guided the sprint forward, which made many netizens dissatisfied. "It's too fake" voices come and go.
Netizens responded. Netizens pointed out that they went from stride length to endurance. There are clear differences between He Jie and the three black players. To outperform the three professional black players in one fell swoop, it can be imagined how difficult it is. Netizens can also see from the report card that He Jie is only one second ahead of 3 black athletes. The three black runners had exactly the same time, one hour, three minutes and forty-five seconds. The new idiom "Three Blacks Rang Jie" quickly became a hot topic on the Internet and became the irony of this game.
After the game, some netizens joked, "Look at the pattern of black brothers, friendship first, competition second." Some netizens ridiculed that the brakes of the three black brothers were smoking, and our black brothers also learned. Many netizens have pointed out that this kind of "giving way" behavior is disrespectful to this game and irresponsible to the audience.
In this race controversy, we should not only ask what are so many marathons all over the world for? Or is it just a commercial show?
The marathon goes back to history, the marathon originated in Greece in 490 BC, and in the battle of Marathon, the Greeks managed to defeat the Persians and claim the victory. Immediately afterward, they ran a long way from the marathon to Athens. After delivering the news of the victory, they fell to the ground and died. In order to forever remember the feat of Fidipotus, the descendants organized a long-distance run from the marathon to Athens to pass on his fighting spirit.
This farce also made many netizens question what the marathon shows? Why participate in a long-distance run of more than 42 kilometers? Because running a marathon is a kind of faith, a kind of pursuit, and a kind of tenacious and unyielding spirit, and the spiritual help brought by the marathon will offset the physical fatigue and pain of the participants, so that the participants can get an unprecedented sense of satisfaction, honor, achievement and self-confidence.
What is the marathon spirit -- the marathon spirit is the spirit of challenging oneself, surpassing the limit, perseverance, and never giving up.