跑着玩? 非洲學生在中國跑馬拉松可以養家餬口!
Marathons are not only a method to entertain but a way to make a living.
馬拉松不僅僅是一種娛樂方式，還是一種謀生手段。Amid a marathon upsurge in China, many marathons offer a "medal bonus" which has attracted many African students to take part in order to earn money.
在中國的馬拉松熱潮中，許多馬拉松賽事提供的“金牌獎”，吸引了許多爲了掙錢的非洲學生的加入。A student from Kenya has even told China News Service that he can earn an average of about USD 3,000 per month, making it an important way to pay bills and to help his families.
一名來自肯尼亞的學生甚至向《中國新聞社》透露，他平均每月可以賺到3000美元，而這成爲了一個自己開支並幫助家庭的重要方式。
Wilfred, a Kenyan student studying in the Ningbo University, studies engineering with full scholarship. However, living costs are still a burden for him.
來自肯尼亞的威爾弗雷德是寧波大學工程系的留學生，雖然有全額獎學金，但生活費對他來說依然是個難題。Conditions began to change after another Kenyan student invited him to a commercial marathon competition.
直到另一名肯尼亞學生邀請他去參加了一場商業馬拉松比賽，情況有了轉變。He now travels between Chinese cities to compete and make money. Sometimes when situations are good, he could earn about $3,000 a month, having extra money to send back home to help his farmer parents and five sisters.
威爾弗雷德現在奔波在中國各個城市參賽"淘金"。行情好的時候，他一個月能賺約3000美元，還能有餘錢寄回家接濟他的農民父母和五個姊妹。Data from Chinese marathon site, , show that in 2016, there are 294 marathon competitions registered in China.
"中國馬拉松"網站的數據顯示，2016年中國的註冊馬拉松賽事有294場。And it's common for the championship in many of these competitions to go to people from Africa.
在不少中國馬拉松賽事中，非洲選手承包冠軍已經成爲常態。
