Organizers of an Italian half marathon have backed down after their decision to ban African athletes sparked outrage and led to allegations of racism
The head of the May 5 race in Trieste, northeast Italy, had claimed the controversial decision was made to highlight an exploitative"trade" in African athletes.But the ban has been reversed after prompting fury from several politicians, who attacked the choice as racist and condemned prominent far-right politicians for stoking such cases of racial division in the country.
Italian sport has been wracked with a series of racist incidents in recent months, with various spurts of racial abuse by soccer fans drawing condemnation on almost a weekly basis.In the most recent flare-ups, Lazio supporters hung a pro-Mussolini banner and made fascist salutes on the streets of Milan on Wednesday, before launching racist abuse at AC Milan player Tiemoue Bakayoko during a game between the two sides.
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