Olympic marathon runner knocks down opponent’s water bottle sparks controversy

French runner Morhad Amdouni sparked controversy during the race Olympic He knocked over a drain bottle in the men’s marathon and then grabbed the last one.

The footage at the moment showed that several runners quickly took a bottle of water from the water replenishment station on Sunday in the sweltering weather in Sapporo, Japan, and then continued the race.

But when it came to Amdouni, he successfully knocked over almost an entire row of bottles and then grabbed the last one left on the table.

Australian long-distance runner Ben St Lawrence posted an 8-second video on Twitter. So far, the video has been viewed more than 1 million times.

“Have you ever thought that Amdouni knocked over a whole drain before drinking the last water?” He wrote.

Many people criticized Amdouni-he finished 17th in the competition-and accused him of lacking sportsmanship.

Pierce Morgan Believing that Anduni’s behavior was one of the critics who deliberately did it, calling the runner “Tokyo’s biggest fool” Olympic Games.”

He wrote on Twitter: “Suddenly: The gold medal of the biggest fool at the Tokyo Olympics is French marathoner Morhad Amdouni, who deliberately knocked all the water for other contestants… difficult Believe it!”

TV presenter Julia Bradbury wrote: “Extreme #loser French marathon runner Mohad Amduni deliberately knocked over all the water, so his competitors can’t drink. Don’t let it I started talking about waste… but basically what.”

Dutch politician Peter Valstar pointed out that a runner behind Amdouni eventually won the silver medal.

“Morhad Amdouni (France) deliberately knocked over all the water for his other participants in the marathon,” Valstar Write. “Abdi Nageeye (Netherlands) was right behind him and didn’t get a bottle. Nageeye won the silver medal. Amdouni came in 17th place. Karma is terrible.”

However, some Twitter The user gave Amdouni suspected benefits.

“He had to bend and stretch when running at high speed. He was caught between other runners. No doubt, it was definitely hot and humid. The advantage of suspicion is that it was an accident,” one wrote.

Others said there was another table full of water bottles, but the short clip did not capture it.

One user wrote: “On the road taken from the camera, there is another table of water.” “He really wanted to pick one while he was running at a speed of 3 minutes per kilometer. It was difficult to do. The second table It means no one will miss it. You judge him for the next 10 seconds of watching the b4 game.”

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the Olympic Marathon for the second time in a row in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 38 seconds. Nageeye won the silver medal and Bashir Abdi of Belgium won the bronze medal.