The champion became the runner-up and lost 210,000! Hangzhou Ma official: The referee made gestures to divert the motorcycle, leading the players to misjudge

On the evening of November 4, Beijing time, the Hangzhou Marathon Organizing Committee issued an official statement in response to the controversy in the previous Hangzhou Marathon sprint stage, which was suspected of being caused by misunderstanding caused by the communication of the referees, resulting in the change of the champion and runner-up. The Hangzhou Marathon Organizing Committee said that the referee wanted to direct the motorcycle diversion at that time, but unfortunately caused the two foreign athletes to misjudge.

In the Hangzhou Marathon held yesterday, Ethiopian runner Tesfaye Deriba Ketema was in first place in the sprint stage, but after being guided by the referee, he ran the wrong route that should have been turned, and the Kenyan runner behind him had this opportunity to overtake. In the end, Kenya won the championship with a time of 2 hours 07 minutes and 47 seconds, and Ethiopia won the second place with a difference of 6 seconds.

In this regard, the Hangzhou Marathon Organizing Committee explained in a statement that since the Hangzhou Marathon finish line is set in the track and field field of the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center, out of consideration for the safety of athletes, the organizing committee will implement diversion measures for motor vehicles outside the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center. Taking into account the needs of the event broadcasting, only the broadcast motorcycles are allowed to continue with the athletes, and the motorcycles are diverted at the last diversion point.

However, due to the close proximity of the broadcast motorcycle and the athlete, the referee of the diversion card point shouted at the motorcycle to remind it to drive away from the track, because the vehicle was too loud, the shouting was not effectively answered, and the referee immediately made a gesture to direct the motorcycle to divert, causing the two athletes who followed closely behind to misjudge. After being reminded by other referees in time, the athletes returned to the sprint track.

At the end of the statement, the Hangzhou Marathon Organizing Committee regretted that the occurrence of this incident once again reminded the organizing committee to always adhere to the concept of taking the competition as the core, continuously deepen the guarantee work, and provide better services for runners.

It is worth mentioning that the champion received 54,000 US dollars (about 384,550 yuan), while the runner-up Ethiopian player received 24,000 US dollars (about 170911 yuan). In other words, because of the misunderstanding of the referee's gesture this time, the Ethiopian player received a bonus of 30,000 US dollars (more than 210,000 yuan), which is indeed regrettable.