Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium
Sydney Marathon medal mistakenly depicts Munich stadium
悉尼马拉松奖牌被曝误用慕尼黑球场图案
One week out from the world-renowned Sydney Marathon, organisers face questions about whether designers etched the wrong city’s stadium on the participation medal. The medal appears to feature a stadium carved in the likeness of Allianz Arena in the German city of Munich, rather than Allianz Stadium in Sydney – which the 42.2km (26.2 mile) course runs past. The BBC has reached out to Sydney Marathon for comment. 距离世界闻名的悉尼马拉松开赛仅剩一周，赛事主办方正面临质疑：奖牌设计者是否在参赛奖牌上刻错了城市的体育场。奖牌上呈现的体育场图案看起来更像是德国慕尼黑的安联球场（Allianz Arena），而非悉尼马拉松 42.2 公里赛道沿途经过的悉尼安联体育场（Allianz Stadium）。BBC 已就此事联系悉尼马拉松主办方寻求置评。
Some 40,000 runners will be taking part in the event on 30 August, after more than 120,000 ballot entries. 在超过 12 万人报名抽签后，约 4 万名跑者将参加 8 月 30 日举行的这场赛事。
Speculation about a possible mix-up began after Sydney Marathon’s official social media account unveiled its design for the 2026 medal, inviting users to “look closely and you’ll find the story of the course in the details”. They continued: “A beautiful Sydney skyline brings the course to life, featuring the landmarks runners will experience along the way - starting with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and finishing at the world-famous Sydney Opera House.” 关于可能出现失误的猜测始于悉尼马拉松官方社交媒体账号公布 2026 年奖牌设计之时，当时官方邀请用户“仔细观察，你会在细节中发现赛道的故事”。他们写道：“美丽的悉尼天际线让赛道栩栩如生，展现了跑者沿途将经历的地标——从悉尼海港大桥出发，最终抵达世界闻名的悉尼歌剧院。”
Munich’s Allianz Arena is sculpted by thousands of diamond-shaped inflatable cushions, while Sydney’s similarly-named Allianz Stadium has a flatter façade smoothed with long bronze fins. 慕尼黑安联球场由数千个菱形充气垫构成，而悉尼同名的安联体育场则拥有更平坦的外立面，并装饰有长条状的青铜鳍片。
The other face of the double-sided medal features a gold and indigo pattern designed by First Nations artist Ambrose Killian. Forty-two half-round markings lining the circular edge “represent each kilometre of the course”, organisers explained. Killian told the BBC he was not responsible for the other artwork. 这枚双面奖牌的另一面采用了由原住民艺术家安布罗斯·基利安（Ambrose Killian）设计的金靛色图案。主办方解释称，环绕边缘的 42 个半圆形标记“代表了赛道的每一公里”。基利安向 BBC 表示，他并未参与奖牌另一面图案的设计。
The blunder follows a similar incident at last year’s Great North Run in Newcastle, where medals mistakenly featured the Sunderland and Wear River – which is not part of the event. 此次失误并非首例，去年在纽卡斯尔举行的“大北跑”（Great North Run）也曾发生类似事件，当时的奖牌错误地印上了桑德兰市和威尔河（Wear River）的图案，而这些并不在赛事路线范围内。
Sydney was announced as the seventh city added to the Abbott majors series in 2024, joining London, Berlin, Boston, Chicago, New York, and Tokyo. Cape Town is set to become the eighth city when it hosts its first marathon major next year. 悉尼于 2024 年被宣布成为雅培世界马拉松大满贯（Abbott World Marathon Majors）系列的第七个成员城市，与伦敦、柏林、波士顿、芝加哥、纽约和东京并列。开普敦预计将于明年举办其首场大满贯赛事，成为第八个成员城市。