The Chinese Athletic Association has been forced to publicly confirm the gender of a pair of female runners after netizens raised questions over their appearance.
After images and clips from the race hit the Chinese internet, a number of net users cried foul, charging that the pair were actually men masquerading as women, also pointing toward videos of them speaking to help prove their point.
Source: Netizens accuse pair of medal-winning female runners of actually being men – shanghaiist