Facial recognition clapdown on cheats in Chinese marathons

Cheating has become an unfortunate running trend in the world of Chinese competitive races. But organisers of a half-marathon taking place in Beijing this weekend will be employing technology which should stop con artists in their tracks. Facial recognition is being used to prove that entrants to the race are the genuine article - and not impostors employed to help cunning criminals take home lucrative cash prizes. Up to 20,000 people are expected to take part in the Beijing half-marathon, which takes place on Sunday. Every contestant will be forced to have their bio-metric data stored by the facial recognition system.