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現，有18名跑步者揹着假號碼，另有3名跑步者爲“冒名頂替者”。

All who cheated are now facing bans.

所有作弊者現在都面臨禁令。

"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，每個跑步者都應該對自己負責。”

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，而不是繼續沿着設置的跑道轉彎。

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人被發現有此作弊行爲，這意味着他們比完整的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.

有關作弊的新聞令中國最大型的出版物之一的《人民日報》發出呼籲，在一篇社論中敦促跑步者“尊重馬拉松並尊重體育精神”。