Marathon runner deserves respect, not mockery

A MAN WHO WAS RUNNING LAST IN A MARATHON RECENTLY held in Baotou, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, was "persuaded" by race volunteers to give up and someone even posted the video online showing people mocking him. Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

According to reports, the volunteers not only persuaded the runner to give up, but also used quite bad words when posting the video online. Typical sentences go like these: "He is the slowest among all the runners and the whole city is waiting for him"; "I have already finished my sleep and he is still walking."

The runner is reported to have given up at last, and the organizers said they apologized to him. It should be noted that as long as the race has not reached its end time, the runner has the right to continue.