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The top four finishers of the Beijing Half Marathon have been stripped of their medals after an investigation found three African runners deliberately slowed down near the finish line to let a Chinese competitor win, according to organizers.
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Organizers are investigating the results of the Beijing Half Marathon after three runners from Kenya and Ethiopia appeared to wave a Chinese competitor past them before the finish.
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An inquiry has been launched following the circulation of footage from the finish line of the Beijing half-marathon, sparking speculation about whether fellow athletes assisted a Chinese runner in winning the race.
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Tigst Assefa broke the women's world record by more than two minutes Sunday at the Berlin Marathon, as Eliud Kipchoge won the men's race for the fifth time but couldn't break his own record.
Ethiopian runner Assefa, the winner in Berlin a year ago, ran the race in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women's record of 2:14:04 set by Kenya's Brigid Kosgei at the Chicago Marathon in 2019.
Assefa sank to her knees after crossing the line and raised her arms, then celebrated with the flag of Ethiopia. She was nearly six minutes clear of any other runner in Sunday's marathon, with Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya second in 2:17:49 and Tanzania's Magdalena Shauri third in 2:18:41.
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The American women’s 4x400 relay team was disqualified from the preliminary round at the world championships Saturday after their third and fourth runners in the four-lap race bungled the baton exchange.
Quanera Hayes missed on several attempts to hand the stick to anchor runner Alexis Holmes. When they finally did make the exchange, they were out of the legal passing zone.
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