China has punished four of its athletes who failed to properly display a sponsor's trademark on their chests while running in the Beijing Marathon in October.
The Chinese Athletic Association fined men's runner-up Ren Longyun 10,000 yuan ($1,360) in a decision made out of "respect for the sponsor".
Three other runners, including women's runner-up Zhang Yingying, were fined 3,000 yuan. A report in the China Youth Daily yesterday said it was the first such punishment handed down by the athletics association.