SHANGHAI: China’s orienteering team has been disqualified from this year’s Military World Games hosted by the mainland following accusations of cheating at an event.
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) said in a statement that the middle distance orienteering competition at the games on Sunday had been “overshadowed by extensive cheating by the Chinese team”.
Competitors in orienteering, a cross-country race, are tested on their ability to complete a course using only a map and a compass. But the IOF said the Chinese team had been helped by local spectators and had also made use of illegal course markings and small paths only they were aware of.
(Agencies)
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