An investigation has been launched into the half-marathon after the leaders appeared to slow down to allow Chinese athlete He Jie to win the race.Footage from Sunday's event showed Kenyan runner Willy Mnangat looking toward Jie and pointing to the finish line before the Asian Games marathon gold medallist moved ahead of himself, fellow Kenyan Robert Keter and ’s Dejene Hailu Bikila. The African trio had opened up a gap of a few hundred metres on Jie and they made no effort to retake the lead once their opponent had passed.
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