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African Runners Let Chinese Opponent Win the Beijing Marathon | Vantage with Palki Sharma
A video circulating on social media shows three African runners letting their Chinese competitor win the Beijing half marathon by throwing the race. The runners can be seen gesturing the Chinese sprinter to pass them on the final stretch. The marathon was sponsored by a Chinese company that also sponsors the eventual winner, triggering speculation that the race was rigged. One of the African runners has reportedly said that he threw the race to help "his friend". The winner - He Jie - is an Asian games champion and a national record holder. Palki Sharma tells you why China's marathon circuit is plagued by cheating scandals.
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[@collinsjimmy706]

This is hilarious..... I haven't seen something like this before in my life...😂😂😂

[@leothenatureboy8463]

Now you see right 🤣

[@SuperMan-if8sp]

​@@leothenatureboy8463China lied people died

[@tothemoodcrypto6782]

😂 his little legs

[@rahultendulkar7424]

Something similar in movie Dictator 😂😂

[@rahultendulkar7424]

I can relate this to movie Dictator 😂😂😂

[@louiscryblood.1494]

How much did they pay the Kenyan athlete s to embarrass themselves 😅😅😅

[@monilvalia9425]

They Let kenyans leave china alive

[@greatsrikar]

Eventually it turned out to be Kenyans got paid by the chinese to make china look bad.

[@ethos9403]

Peanuts

[@Richoright]

A portion of sweet and sour chicken balls and egg fried rice

[@namednpc]

Their passports 😂😂

[@akshatasaraf8081]

Shameless Chinese

[@gsys770]

Shameless India, is simply jealous

[@GauravTiwari-fr5un]

Come on. go easy on the african runners. They must be afraid to loose their heart, lungs, kidneys and other body parts if they didn't comply to chinese demands. So they did whats best for them.

[@rehman_786_0]

​@@GauravTiwari-fr5un 😂😂

[@Jeff-ej4wp]

Cheating is OK in chinese culture. Thats what makes china so vile.

[@flawlessx1860]

Shameless Africans (I am African) WHEN WILL WE FINALLY HAVE FUCKING INTEGRITY THAT IS NOT FOR SALE...... FUCK THESE GUYS THAT LET HIM OVERTAKE.

[@VIRATO_X]

CCP : and we are proud of that 😂

[@rhobelito]

Bruh, this meme 😅

[@gsys770]

Ohhh am jealous 😢

[@sandeepchoudhary7257]

😂😂😂

[@AnshRathore-911]

This meme gets very used in a nigerian youtube channel

[@VIRATO_X]

@@AnshRathore-911 ik that's why I'm saying...

[@elprofesor_original]

Now they are surely going to ban the guy who showed the hand gesture... 😂😂😂

[@philherkenhoff2360]

If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying 😂😂😂

[@sayan890]

This reminded me the scene from the dictator movie😂😂

[@kishoretadikonda7001]

That's why pappu done agriment with chaina.....😅

[@gsys770]

Of course, they reject toilet

[@shauryaverma6649]

​@@gsys770 Haha cry harder blackie 😂

[@gsys770]

@@shauryaverma6649 suck harder

[@BBCBullshit]

​@@gsys770and use your mouth

[@parvatlok]

I wish you were educated enough to write properly.

[@hitzrocks4225]

Chinese Hypocrisy at the top level..😡 Trying to suppress poor countries like this..😢

[@MonkeyDRogzers12]

Everyone get paid. It is a win win situation

[@lawrencegomez4001]

You're so negative towards china

[@ashutoshtare9079]

​@@lawrencegomez4001 YES😂 SO?😅

[@FactsSpeakerr]

​@@lawrencegomez4001China itself is negative 😂😂😂😂 Lol😂😂

[@lawrencegomez4001]

China is not negative towards Africans, Westerns are the most negative towards Africans and Asians

[@souravbhakat1023]

"Paisa ho to kya kuch nahi ho sakta hai" meme is the perfect fit

[@shishirnair4563]

You know it's rigged when the Kenyans and Ethiopians lose a marathon.

[@Delllatitude7490]

I mean it's not unexpected, the Chinese philosophy is "if you tell a lie a 1000 Times then it's the truth". Compare that to a certain someone who says "Styameva jyathe" truth alone triumphs. The difference is clear as day.

[@jijilr]

What if you say that 1000 times ... Look around... Satyameva jayathe is truthified false. If you don't believe, wait to see the kind of 'vijayee' of election in 2 months.

[@athapa3893]

Scripted Marathon of the bloody dragon 😂

[@bharaninathkomandur6330]

What a disgrace. Such a big blot on his career.

[@jamel_reef]

Shame 🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@punithan9408]

nope , they don't have this kind of staff

[@drrahul_1986]

Reminds one of the Olympic scene from Dictator movie 😅😅

[@tevandorkin7402]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@junielesparas8018]

😂😂😂😂

[@pratapkurup1113]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@D.2601]

Embarrassing! 😂

[@varshapatil724]

They showed only that's how they can win, by cheating!!!!😂😂😂 literally like everywhere food,industry, market,online, business you name it they will show their extraordinary talent to cheat...

[@benjihumtsoe2260]

Just like the India cricket team😅😅

[@jeevang750]

​@@benjihumtsoe2260 But we don't cheat, so it's good

[@SnehaSandy-sl9eo]

What can you expect from China

[@abubalo]

They are paying their debts, guys

[@nirajkafle9147]

Africans has big heart .. kudos ..

[@dhaneshgoltekar2632]

Similar like the movie dictator 😂😂😂😂

[@godsmarkorisakwe1993]

When you tell some one to do a job (asking the other athletes to let their chinese counterpart win) and they do it so well (publicly showing hand gestures for the chinese runner to overtake them) that it becomes a mess! 😂

[@azmanialias3714]

What do u expect from the Chinese 😂. Once cheater always cheater

[@warmaiden1603]

Wow 😲, that's shamelessness on a whole different level . Also ,😑 I wonder how much did that athlete receive inorder for him to throw away his career like that , 😑 I mean seriously , can anyone still support the guy after that.

[@kennethnoland8246]

Scammmmmm by china again sooooooo funny 😂😂😂😂

[@boomerang1345]

Gosh...disgusting What a shameful lost for china !! Its not a win at all as the whole world has seen how the black heroes give that win as an alm to the chinese runner.

[@vimaladevi1613]

Congratulations 🎉🎉

[@Dat1derfulSound]

It's not a race, not a contest, it's a movie.... 😁😄😀😅😂🤣

[@sunilkhatri9250]

Is that a scene from a movie - The Dictator

[@arofficial3344]

Completely reflective of China's foreingn policy too 😅

[@Mr_India....]

The name of the 4 runners was - saam , daam, dand , bhed 😂

[@_DMonK]

Would have been a surprise had the nation not been China… reminds me of the race held by Wadiya in the movie : The Dictator.

[@arofficial3344]

Keep the movie logic up yours, the real world has objective thinking, one claims to be a dictator and the other pretends to be a free communist country. Shame on the hypocrisy of those countries' leaders.

[@daisiabidemi9691]

This tells so much about China

[@user-px8hf9eg5d]

Gandhi making Nehru first PM:

[@pratapkurup1113]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@ushaghose3547]

They want to uphold and retain their title " FAKE". And they took it to another level 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fernandodiomampo6576]

This is totally insane

[@drtagare]

This is a threat to sportsmanship and sport culture

[@eJohndoe]

"Lie, cheat and steal" - Modern Chinese Philosophy

[@SridharPatchigolla]

Ha ha.. Thats what I was wondering. How can they be fair & truthful.

[@monilvalia9425]

Atleast ALADIN FROM DICTATOR MOVIE DID IT BETTER

[@thebeautifulanimal]

Its like watching the movie 'dictator'

[@debbethibera3190]

Why they arrange this type of competition 😂😂? So funny!!!

[@debarghamandal3018]

African guy took that mission very seriously 😅

[@Xryujfdjd]

This definitely inspired from Aladdin 😂

[@modha86]

So proud of my Kenyan man

[@IamBatmanOg]

I remember the movie “The Dictator”😂

[@madhupsontu1989]

This reminds me of a movie called "The Dictator" 😂

[@nmew6926]

50% of Indian won Olympic medals were from athletes of North East, where the people are either Chinese or Burmese origin. The North East were land stolen by British Raj and annexed to India.

[@user-hy4rl8ui4l]

Cope 😂

[@ravichandra3210]

That's the world bank sponsoring every political party there is 😅

[@livevil16]

This is called brand placement not rigging. Everyone got paid and happily returned home. Don’t mistake this event for regular competitive sports.

[@MaxMax-yh8mw]

Its like watching the Dictator movie 😅

[@Jeff-ej4wp]

And now the china Olympic swim team doping scandal.

[@search_exmuslimsahiladam]

Just like how jihadi khangress supports rahul khan 😂😂😂

[@comprehensivecow6679]

Something straight out of the dictator movie😂

[@JaiBheem..]

If it isn't faked, it isn't Chinese 😂

[@noorijanze]

It is not embarrassing they are asking him to win but it will help them too.

[@-OfficialFx]

I can bet they won more half of their gold medals in the same manner

[@sangramsingh7747]

Match fixing enters even in marathons. 😅

[@thunderboltzz8]

2 min silence for those who expecting it would be fair when conducted in China 😂

[@jyotibasu99]

Remids me of that Dictator movie scene 😂

[@muhammedmanneh9305]

Super Africa we let them always win 🥇 but they hate us to win!

[@avanimody6965]

It is hilarious!!

[@Adhikaritvam]

That’s why it is called MADE IN CHINA

[@balakrishnarao5625]

I would have vouched for xi jinping winning the race against usain bolt in china .😅😂😂

[@pratapkurup1113]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@TanmayvMukim]

Aladdin from “The Dictator” 😂

[@MrDevnandan]

Reservation 😂

[@oneone5028]

They are supposed to be subtle dammit...planned or not but Kenyans embarrassed China in the end...

[@breezecoolione9816]

Everything is fair in love, war and china 😂

[@PS-ej2xn]

Chinese morality is a contradiction in terms. 😅

[@breezecoolione9816]

I'm not surprised that Chinese did it 😂

[@atpt5]

😂😂😂😂yeh china is winner as always

[@SuperINDRANEEL]

They literally copied The Dictator movie😂

[@Leo-jh8gf]

I can't imagine how much low on morals can people go to surpass others Also those kenyan athletes didn't even thought of their self-respect and country's pride before doing that thing

[@lakshminarayan6234]

The African runners must have been heavily compensated with lots and lots of money.

[@chiranjeevi0102]

This is how china wins most gold medals

[@Thorium_2600]

Polka is on China again. Give it a break. Broken record. India didn't even make it to the finish line.

[@Ubothered]

Shows they actually tried instead of cheating.

[@pritu365]

African runners has got huge money from organisers.

[@JAYSINGH-vr1wc]

What a shame .

[@abdulaiorsinekamarajr2809]

Nothing is fear in this life. Life itself isn’t fear my friend. 😂😂

[@vishalpawar8.6.86]

Dear Palki ❤, plse tk.cr. you r working so hard but keep your health strong. Take a rest for long run is always good. I am saying this Bcoz your voice clearly saying that you have colds and cough may be i am wrong but i just felt that. Tk.cr.😊

[@arofficial3344]

Instead of making parasocial bonds on KZbin focus more on news that affects you and your future generation. That's why we have news! JSR 🙏

[@RK-wu1kd]

Ofcourse... Kenyan runners want to safely go back 🔙

[@kavithag5232]

😂😂 This is why Pappu is more connected with Chinese government to know all these tips to win 😂

[@suprajaganesan2387]

This strategy they apply in politics, war, science and everywhere. Don't buy their products as well... 😂😂😂

[@appdev4861]

If you cann't beat them, cheat with them. -Someone Chinese

[@pratapkurup1113]

😂😂😂

[@vineethvarghese4668]

I think the Kenyan athletes were hired as pacemakers in this marathon.

[@sudeep407]

Side effects of belt and road 😅

[@pratapkurup1113]

😂😂😂

[@RamaraoVelagapudi-oz9tt]

Same used to be the Nirmal in Olympics to employ cheat electronics in sword fighting. Shameful😮

[@alpogi7570]

Scammers in marathon 😀😁😂😃😄😅😆 ban them all on any competition

[@justiceforssrjaibharat3610]

Not just these, every medal & how many medals in Olympics is planned...

[@WYNCHPM]

I think as per their explanation the African racers were good friends of Chinese guy and had come to help pace him to get his best marathon finishing time record. Seems plausible if it were not a competitive race.

[@mity521]

Baby step runner 😂

[@Muthuswamy_Venugopala_Iyer]

Sounds similar to Indian national news media 😂

[@user-yy1pl3uu3q]

Show of kindness in return for any favor china offers to Africa. No good competition.

[@govindmatondkar7502]

Election commission is doing the same thing here 😂😂😂

[@AZ-ze5xb]

The runner had points in legs that's how a marathon works in legs he was leading so the guys were a gentleman and allowed him to finish first.

[@Smit_Unfiltered]

Did with Niraj Chopra too in Asian games

[@amritprusty6097]

Reminds me of the scene in Dictator

[@toaster3466]

If u had connected similar dots in electoral bonds I would have been a journalist

[@sandeepkasar4176]

Once you decide to cut Loos that divinity and moral value factor every thing else is fair game . And I congratulate that company for this great win