国内英语资讯:Marathon fever sweeps across China in slapping pace_时事

国内英语资讯:Marathon fever sweeps across China in slapping pace

In catching up with the best in the world, local organizers and all concerned parties in China are also requested for instant measures to deal with some tough issues, which have become the hot topics among runners, fans, and even organizers themselves.

For instance, some organizers provide few toilets and drinking water along the course, and some small cities exploit public resources in transportation, security and medicines, and host large scale marathons by hindering the normal life of local residents.

And to the worst, some runners even didn't have systematical training in advance, increasing the threat of injuries and even death.

Two Chinese runners died at the 2016 Xiamen International Half Marathon in eastern China's Fujian province. One of them even took the competition number of someone else.

REGULATIONS IN NEED

The CAA released afterwards new rules to deal with cheating in marathon races - banning runners from the races they cheated in, and any second offence means a life time ban from all CAA authorized races.

In addition, the marathon culture has not yet rooted in China. Lots of runners go to the streets only to brag about their so-called running fashion.

And to most cities in China, marathon is still a fresh sport in its popularity, thus a lot of problems occurred in terms of race operation and marketing.

To deal with such issues, the CAA has in recent years put forward guidelines in terms of race management, runners training, medical treatment and emergency aid.