Chinese runner dropped by sponsor after riding bike during marathon
Sun Yuanyuan was seemingly pictured on the back of another person's bike during part of the Berlin Marathon.
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"I won't make any excuses for this behaviour. I was feeling physically unwell on the course, [but] that is absolutely not an excuse for breaking the rules."
— Sun Yuanyuan , Influencer
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Sun Yuanyuan was seemingly pictured on the back of another person's bike during part of the Berlin Marathon.
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