On September 20th, in the early morning of 17, the Beijing Marathon finished firing for the 37th consecutive year. As a road race with leading scale and influence in China, North Malaysia attracted more than 654.38+10,000 people to sign up this year, and finally 30,000 contestants were determined by lottery. 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. The "numbering cloth" is just a microcosm.
Controversy: It started with a "high-profile" photo.
The event of "copying cloth" in Beijing Marathon began with a set of photos released by the online running forum. In the picture, many players wear the same cloth to "run". Among them, three male players even took a group photo wearing D0 198 cloth at the same time, and posted it publicly on the Internet. According to careful netizens' statistics, at least five different players appeared on the track of North Malaysia wearing the number D0 198 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 figures than these two (people). But whose number cloth is this? He just made one at random. Or did someone else transfer the forged one? It's hard to come by, 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 exchanges with many marathon organizers, the reporter learned that "running" actually happens from time to time in various events in the world, but high-profile "taking pictures" is really incredible.
Netizens found that at least five runners were wearing cloth D0 198 in the race. Screenshot of the network.
The insiders tell the truth: extreme disgust threatens the quality of the game.
A senior runner talked about this matter and was very disgusted and disgusted with "running instead of running" and "running": "It is worthwhile for every contestant to buy a ticket. However, unconventional means cannot be used because the number of places is scarce. "
Like everyone else, he was very surprised at the high-profile photo of the "runner" under Zhengyangmen: "Maybe at that moment, they have forgotten that the number cloth was copied. Behind this mentality is their ignorance of marathons and running. " His statement represents the voice of almost all legal runners. The "runners" enjoyed the event materials 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.
The vice president of a domestic road running company that holds more than 30 races every year thinks: "Running is unfair to participants who spend money, a kind of theft and should be despised. This practice of taking advantage of small things is actually ignoring the rules. They will interfere with the normal registration of the competition. After the game, they will take away the players' bags and medals, which has a great influence on the quality of the game. " 、
Behind the achievements, China marathon culture still needs to be improved.
Deep-seated reason: the lack of marathon culture
In 20 16, China Athletics Association registered 328 road races. It is conservatively estimated that the number of 20 17 will increase to 500. 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, and the trend of "marathon fever" are all worth pondering.
"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 do whatever it takes, which is too utilitarian. " A marathon enthusiast told reporters.
In this regard, an industry 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 marathon culture, a runner shared his thoughts: "We feel that the competition management of 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 perfection of cultural system and training system."
Data Map: The China Marathon is starting.
Future: Can domestic events start the linkage mechanism?
Before the start of this year's Ma Bei race, a qualification originally worth 200 yuan has been fired to 2,000 yuan on the online second-hand trading platform, which is obviously illegal. The popular Beijing Marathon is the benchmark of China Road Race. As you can imagine, with more and more events focusing on brand building, the problems encountered by Ma Bei this year are likely to become unavoidable topics for other road races in the future.
A senior organizer believes that if all events are linked together, more powerful preventive measures can be formed: "I hope all events will be combined to make a unified blacklist. We are willing to cooperate with other organizing committees to punish those who exploit loopholes, ignore the rules and bring great risks to the operation of the competition, so that players who violate the rules are not eligible to participate. We must not only condemn but also punish. "
"Let those who violate the rules be jealous and those who abide by the rules be guaranteed. This is the basic idea of running the competition. " He told reporters.
If we explore deeper, behind the violation, on the level of marathon culture, there are "running knowledge" and "running etiquette", such as scientific training to avoid injury, such as not running barefoot, not grabbing water and drinks with others on the track.
In the next few weekends, dozens of road races will be held in cities all over the country. Under the background of "marathon fever" driving the vigorous development of China's sports industry, the quality of events will also become the top priority of the industry.
This is a secret that everyone knows. There are such cases every year. I just wish there was a rule to stop such people from doing such things.