ChinesePod News (April 30, 2019)br br The organisers of a half-marathon in Triste, Italy, have announced that they are reversing their previous decision to exclude African athletes. They claimed that the initial choice to only allow Europeans to run was made in order to highlight the exploitation of African athletes. However, after facing widespread criticism and even accusations of racism over the issue they have now lifted the ban.br br NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at br This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary: br br 宣布 to announcebr 质疑 to call into questionbr 歧视 to discriminatebr 初衷 initial intentionbr 剥削 to exploitbr br Go to ChinesePod.com for more great lessons and videos!br ===================================br Like this video? Sign-up today to make the most of ChinesePod.