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The Dutch could not win the World Cup (of football) so now they’re trying to ensure they win something. By changing the rules. The organizers of this year’s Utrecht Marathon has decided that while foreign, especially African, athletes can participate in the race, they can’t win any of the prize money on offer for the winners. The reason: the Dutch are tired of foreigners winning the race.

Serious.

The video report above–discussed in this week’s edition of What’s Up Africa! is from Radio Netherlands International. Some of the comments by Dutch marathon runners and trainers sounds eerily like some place I know, but at the same time it’s not very surprising.