BEIJING, Beijing, September 20 (Reporter Wang Muqing) On the morning of the 17th, the Beijing Marathon completed its 37th consecutive year of firing. As a road race with the largest scale and influence in China, this year, North Malaysia attracted over 100,000 people to sign up, and finally 30,000 contestants were determined by drawing lots. An industry insider who is deeply involved in road running admits that the Beijing Marathon is like a mirror, and it also reflects the marathon culture that has just started in China, and "copying the number cloth" is just a microcosm.
Controversy: It started with a "high-profile" photo.
The event of "copying number cloth" in Beijing Marathon began with a set of photos posted on the online running forum. In the picture, many players wear the same number cloth to "run". Among them, three male players even took a group photo wearing D0198 number cloth at the same time, and publicly posted it online. According to careful netizen statistics, at least five different players wore D0198 numbers and appeared on the track in North Malaysia this year.
After the incident was exposed, the media immediately followed up. Some media quoted the staff of the organizing Committee as saying: "We have collected more numbers than these two (people). But whose number cloth is this, and he just made one at random? Or did someone else transfer the forged one? It’s not easy to get it, and it’s hard to say for the time being. "
It is reported that the Beijing Marathon Organizing Committee attaches great importance to this incident and will issue a statement in the near future. Through in-depth communication with many marathon organizers, the reporter learned that "running" actually happens from time to time in major marathons all over the world, but high-profile "photographing" is really incredible.
Netizens found that at least five runners wore D0198 number cloth in the race, with screenshots of the network. Image source: Beijing News
Insiders tell the truth: extreme disgust, threatening the quality of the competition.
Wen Fenglin, the editor-in-chief of Ali Sports and the person in charge of the running project, is a veteran runner. When talking about this matter, he bluntly resented and disliked "running instead of running" and "running": "Every contestant buys a ticket to enter the stadium, which is a matter of course. However, unconventional means cannot be used because of the scarcity of places. "
Like everyone else, Wen Fenglin was very surprised by the high-profile photo of the "runner" under Zhengyangmen: "Maybe at that moment, they have forgotten that the number cloth is ‘ Copy ’ Yes, behind this mentality, it reflects the lack of awe in marathon and running, and it seems very ignorant. "
Wen Fenglin’s statement represents the voice of almost all legal runners. The "runners" enjoyed the supplies of the event in vain, which added many potential threats to the event. Once in a marathon, a runner fainted in the middle, and the organizing Committee accidentally found that the blood type of the fainted person did not match the blood type of the applicant during the first aid. Obviously, this is a "substitute run" incident.
Song Hongfei, vice president of Zhimei Sports, a well-known domestic road running company that holds more than 30 races every year, thinks: "‘ Run ’ It is unfair to the contestants who spend money, it is a kind of theft and should be despised. This practice of taking advantage of small profits is actually ignoring the rules. They will interfere with the normal registration of the competition. After the competition, they will take the contestants’ bags and medals, which will have a great impact on the quality of the competition. "
Deep-seated reason: the lack of marathon culture
In 2016, China Athletics Association registered 328 road races. It is conservatively estimated that this number will increase to 500 in 2017. Aside from the "number cloth" incident, after many marathon events, the leftover supplies on the track, the garbage in the flower beds next to the track, together with the "marathon fever" trend, deserve everyone’s deep thinking.
"Running too many marathons, I have to say that some contestants lack respect for this sport. They hold this or that purpose, or simply to vent, or just to be unscrupulous, too utilitarian. " Wen Fenglin told reporters.
Song Hongfei said frankly that although such things as transferring places and copying numbers have occurred in major competitions around the world, there are many similar incidents in China. A person from the North Malaysia Organizing Committee admitted to the reporter that they used many methods before the game, including making anti-counterfeiting number cloth and other high-tech means to intervene, but there was still an embarrassing scene.
In this regard, an insider who did not want to be named said: "Behind similar phenomena is the lack of marathon culture. The China Marathon is very hot, but the marathon culture is very cold. "
Regarding the marathon culture, Song Hongfei shared his thoughts from the perspective of the organizer: "We feel that the competition management of the Tokyo Marathon is full of humanity, but I also know that many details can not be completely solved by several trainings before the competition, which also requires the improvement of the cultural system and cultivation system."
Future: Can domestic events start the linkage mechanism?
Before the start of the race in Beima this year, a qualification originally valued at 200 yuan had been fired to 2,000 yuan on the online second-hand trading platform, which was obviously against the regulations. The popular Beijing Marathon is the benchmark event of China Road Running. It is conceivable that with more and more events focusing on brand building, the problems encountered by Beima this year are likely to become unavoidable topics for other road running events in the future.
Song Hongfei believes that if all the events are linked together, more powerful preventive measures can be formed: "I hope all the events will unite and make a unified blacklist. We are willing to work with other organizing committees to punish those who exploit loopholes, ignore the rules and pose great risks to the running of the competition, so that players who violate the rules are not eligible to participate. We must not only condemn, but also punish. "
"Let the people who violate the rules be jealous and let those who abide by the rules be guaranteed. This is the basic thinking of running the competition." He told reporters.
If we explore a deeper level, behind the violation of the rules and above the level of marathon culture, there are "running knowledge" and "running etiquette", such as scientific training and avoiding injuries, such as not running barefoot and not grabbing water and drinks with others on the track.
In the next few weekends, dozens of road races will be fired in cities all over the country. Under the background that the "marathon fever" drives the vigorous development of China sports industry, the quality of running the races will also become the top priority of the industry.
