Kenyan says he let China’s He Jie win Beijing Half Marathon ‘because he is my friend’ 

those Kenyans weren't even out of breath, was just a walk in the park for them.

Winner looks exhausted. The 3 others look like they were out jogging.

The three African runners were escorting the Chinese runner for 13 miles. Well done.

Kenyan here, please let us pay our chinese debts in peace please, we do not wish to anger our overlords.

He gave me money, so he is my friend 😅

That Chinese guy was making it soo difficult for those Kenyans to lose 😂😂😂

I personally would feel embarrassed winning like that

Mr He pent out of breath, while the African runners patted him on the back , totally carefree, speaks volume

It is a mockery of sports. Isn't it obvious that the three Kenyans kept waving him to move forward of them. Obviously they were bad actors.

No one beats the Kenyans... it was a gesture to let their fellow runner win in his home Countryside

Kenyans: Struggling to stay behind He Jie. He Jie (In R Kelly voice): Y'all are killing me man! I'm fighting for my life!

Well, almost anyone can be your best friends for the right price....

It’s very funny because Mnangat (the Kenyan runner) insisted that he was a pacer instead of a competitor, but he hasn’t been able to prove so 🤣

That's what you call "friendly competition"

He saved his friend from the work camps, great guy

It wasn’t a bribe ,it was a gift.

Its so stupidly obvious its hilarious😅

The Kenyans were obviously paid to let him win

And in Paris the Kenyans will be gold, silver and bronze while He will come in 70th place.

I would be embarrassed if a "friend" allowed me to win.

Even as a Chinese person it looks Shady. Might as well carried him on their shoulders 😂

the chinese guy looked gassed out after the race while those kenyan guys were like it was just a troll in the park...genetic differences i must say.

what a TRUE friendship.

The pure souls of Kenyans, they didn't even realize what they did was too obvious.

Hahahaha, a panda has beaten the cheetahs!!! Fixed game

This is a bad day for this sport

they don't have the word SHAME in their vocabulary 😂😂..

Aren't they worried they might be banned from other events? Maybe it was worth it...? It was so obvious they weren't even trying.

Don't be surprised. It was the part of debt payment. 😂😂😂😂

making your country proud Country ❌ Money ✅

We all know Kenyans are the fastest people 🇰🇪♥️

Why is China so insecure about everything 😂

Easy with the reporting. Don’t want to lose social credits over this.

Corruption is the answer

Africans being colonized by another major power again 😂

If this was really about paying off debts for the Africans then its a massive insult to the actual Chinese runners such as Su bingtian who actually works hard to be great runners.

On behalf of my Kenyan brothers, that was a training session for us...we were not official competitors. We do that soemtimes, you know, enter sports for fun and just test ourswlves for fun 😂😂😂

Im Chinese and yeah the Kenyans clearly let him win

This is China, where the most important thing is the face value, national pride, bla bla bla

their friend is called money

When your father own the Olympic game.

I'm informed that He Jie is a star runner in China. Beijing needed to convey the image of strong China, fake or not.

Welcome to China 🇨🇳

same friend who wouldn't even shake his hand afterwards 😂

Why don't he let his friends in Kenya win? What kind of friendship is that with a Chinese so far away from Kenya? I think he needs to be investigating and penalized , to discouraged that thing.

Shame on you China 🇨🇳

A lasting friendship between people of different backround, endured despite the odds. Very touching… and hilarious. Netflix should make a comedy film about this.😂

kenyans need acting class

‘...because he is my friend’... Yes...for the right price! xD

Friend with benefit... Benefit of owning you lot of money 😂

How much did those kenyans receive as a bribe to let him finish first

This will help us Africans to repay the loan we borrowed from China😂😂

LOL, CHECK THOSE 3 KENYAN RUNNERS BANK ACCOUNT

in china everything is fake 😂

This will age well in sports history. And china history

Friend as in “friend with benefit”, financially.

Me (slow runner) : i am going to win this race because all fast runner my friends

What a shame.....such a a great sport...Such a shame... Any runner would understand

When China says we gonna loan you money for those bridges and buildings, you gotta say no!

Just paid off 3 airports and a couple highways in their country let them work

THAT IS WHY I DON'T BUY CHINESE PRODUCT.. IF POSSIBLE... I

China threatened Kenyan to let a Chinese runner win race. Otherwise, Kenya's 🇰🇪 BRI project won't be completed.

Well...be fair ! They didn't pick him up and carry him across the line.

I lived in Kenya for a time. All I can say is, "Follow the money."

Your MOM’s a pacer!

Another term for match fixing..Should be banned

The guy who was let to win, is sponsored by the company who organized the event.

It's not like they were trying to hide it. If a runner doesn't want to win, that's his prerogative.

Why make it so obvious? There are smarter ways to cheat. I guess they didn't have enough time for rehearsals

3 Kenyan runner not even complain. If it happened west, they will say it was sporting spirit or give respect to home runner. Unfortunately it happened in china. 😂

As a Kenyan it was funny to see how hard they were trying to lose the race the guy holding out the hand like hold your engines hoooold....🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃🏿🏃

Kenyan Just teach the World that How China is just winning by chance not by Strength

Seriously, that's how Chinese 🇨🇳 BRI projects can do to you! Another example, China stopped working on 6 BRI project to wait for the 🇵🇭 Philippine government to make a concession on islands in the West Philippines Sea.

The Kenyan runners are getting sleepy, but they have to let the chinese guy win.

The chinese guy thinks " Y these 3 guys pushing me to run, y can't they carry me to the finish line" .

They all should be banned from running any event! Cheating is cheating!

Disgraceful! They should be banned.

does the sunglasses rly help the runner😮

I bet this corruption goes all the way up…that’s China. Always stealing one way or another.

I live in China. Everything is miserable here, but no one dares to complain. Seriously if there is next life, I wish to be born in any other country, except China.

These four athletes should be fined and BAN

The question is..out of the 3..who did they payoff..all 3 ?

So embarassing for Beijing..

I even want that kind of friendship 😂. My friend will not give paper so that I can be topper 😂

More like xinnie the Pooh had a gun in his back

Please Forgive them, they should be punished and not banned..

The Kenyans are generous, and have a big heart, they don’t need to get paid, they are happy to support their friends!

Now many chinese bot has entered in the comment section time to avoid this comment section.... Don't worry this news channel is owned by chinese government 😂😂😂

I wish I have true friends like these 3 guys. Instead I have a friend who is self centred, treating me like a walking Google. Another who eye my late parents house for his financial gain. I am relieved they are out of my way.

guys, dont worry, his is just an exhibition race

China or a Chinese company paid off the Kenyans to let He him win, but they forgot to tell the Kenyans to take some acting lesson's.

I don't know what is the real reason behind it but my assumptions gonna be they let him win because China has done a lot for African nations. I think they let him because of that as token of gratitude. of course it just my speculation. as for is it possible for Asian to beat African, i think it's possible i mean Su Bingtian already prove it but in this case there's 3 person behind him and they feel like they running with no efforts.

how does Beijing reack to this bizarre competition

It's silly nitpicking if you ask me... Kenyans can win most marathons on any given day...there is a message here and it's certainly not a negative one....dig deeper world..let's overcome our habitual shallow perspectives

It’s no surprise in the land of scammers

A hollow victory. A "friend" would of kept their month shut and not tell the world they let him win.

I don’t understand when u said “netizens are skeptical”, I am not skeptical, it is what it is. Are we suppose to act like we don’t know what is happening?

It almost looked like he didn't want to pass them, until they almost slowed down over obviously.

I live in |ndia. Everything is miserable here, but no one dares to complain. For one thing, I am young and unemployed. You see, resources are limited and with people breeding like bhaRAT while competing for resources without knowing birth control, which is a problem of our own making, and with a land mass size 1/3 of China but having the same population, the population density of |ndia is 3 times as much as China which means that there are at least 3 times more severe overcrowding and hungry people in |ndia than in China. That is why bhaRAT has the largest slum in the entire world, Mumbai, and our Global Hunger Index ranking is top tier, starting from the bottom rank. We have no toilets and no clean drinking water and that is why we defecate openly in 597 million and became the world #1 open toilet (UNICEF). Seriously if there is next life, I wish to be born in any other country, except |ndia.

Indians are defeated by the Chinese in the 1962 war. It was the most humiliating defeat in history if you were to examine all the facts that were involved in the war. This is the ultimate proof that war tactics/strategy/determination/will power/bravery triumphs over superior weapons/technology/cowardice. 1) The Chinese were having the "great Chinese famine" from 1658 to 1962. China was too weak to defend itself. 2) India had Israeli and American support in the form of supplies/weaponry. Research on "Israel aid to India in the 1962 war" and "America's aid to India in the 1962 war" and "JFK’s Forgotten Crisis". 3) The Sino-Soviet split from 1960 - 1962. China had nothing. No weapons, guns, artillery supplies from either Western and Soviet and no food (serious famine). 4) Despite all these advantages, India lost. 5) There are no excuses for such a humiliating defeat. That is why India is so desperate to have the "Henderson Brooks and Neville Maxwell report of the 1962 war" concealed forever and also to hide which country is the true aggressor of the war. When it was leaked into the internet momentarily in 2014, India demanded the report to be purged permanently from the internet citing "national security"....just like BBC's documentary on the 2002 Gujarat Massacre and Modi's involvement.