Beijing marathon bars Japanese amid island row: report
- Published: 10 Nov 2012 at 10.47
- Online news: Sports
Organisers of the Beijing marathon have barred Japanese runners from taking part due to safety concerns after a fresh flare-up in a territorial dispute between Japan and China, a report said Saturday.
Participants run past Tiananmen Gate during the 2009 Beijing Marathon. Organisers of the annual event have barred Japanese runners from taking part due to safety concerns after a fresh flare-up in a territorial dispute between Japan and China, a report said Saturday.
"If they choose other nationalities including China, Japanese can take part," the influential newspaper Asahi Shimbun's online edition quoted a source at the organising committee of the November 25 marathon as saying.
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