Marathon winners to pay tax on prize money

The organizer of the 2016 Shanghai International Marathon, one of the most significant sporting events in China, has asked 20 athletes from China to pay back a total of $1,438 in taxes from their prize money.

Two months after this year's races, event organizer East Best and Lansheng Group said it forgot to withhold tax from prize money it issued to some winners.

The incident does not involve foreign participants because they have yet to be issued prize money until the International Association of Athletics Federations announces the results of anti-doping tests.