Last year, the Lanzhou Marathon was full of storms in the city, and "foreigners run first" rushed to the first place on the hot search list, and many netizens scolded the event for worshipping foreign flattery, and today in the 21st century is still full of servility. This year's Lanzhou Marathon, five of China's top runners have dropped from the S area in front to the A area, is it to let foreigners run first? The truth is actually embarrassing, their relegation has nothing to do with the tournament side, it is their own request, because they can get more income.
The Lanzhou Marathon stipulates that men and women are eligible to enter the front S zone within 2 hours and 20 minutes, but the five Chinese athletes led by Yin Shunjin (the one who was stopped by the pickup truck in the Dalian Marathon) took the initiative to lower from the S zone to the A zone behind. Is it again for black athletes to run first?
Everyone blames the event party, Yin Shunjin and the other five people gave up the S area completely out of their own interests, and they have nothing to do with the event party. The prize money for the winner of the Lanzhou Marathon is 50,000 US dollars, 99% of which is taken by blacks, and the first place in China can get 50,000 yuan, but the competition is very fierce and the odds are not particularly high. If you want to get money steadily, you have to rely on sponsors. The World Athletics Federation has strict regulations on the size of the LOGO of the competition clothing advertisement for athletes in the S area, which is not allowed to be too large, and Yoon Soon-jin's sponsor hopes that the bigger the LOGO, the better.
Yoon Soon-Kim and others hoped to get the sponsor's appearance fee and get "stable happiness", so they volunteered to run behind. Professional athletes support their families, and the more they earn, the better. However, some netizens questioned why the sponsor had to have such a big logo, which was tantamount to sacrificing the favorable conditions for athletes to strive for good rankings.
China's marathon has been deeply implanted and coerced by various sponsors, and not long ago, a marathon sponsored by a brand did not allow competitors to sign a contract to participate. Of course, for marathon runners, more sponsors are better than nothing, insiders told reporters that the most profitable event in Chinese track and field is the marathon, not the most beautiful sprint as everyone thinks.