Almost 250 runners in a half marathon were caught cheating when traffic cameras captured them taking shortcuts through bushes.
Organisers of the race in Shenzhen, China, also discovered 18 runners wearing fake bibs and three runners they described as “impostors”.
All who cheated are now facing bans.
“Marathon running is not simply exercise, it is a metaphor for life, and every runner is responsible for him or herself,” organisers said.
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. Read more