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Sports officials in northeast China have claimed the gold medal for incompetence after authorising the construction of a running track with right-angled corners. 中国东北地区的体育官员竟批准修建了一条直角跑道，真可谓是最不称职的领导！ The track was completed recently as part of a major refurbishment of a 100,000 sq ft stadium in Heilongjiang province’s Tonghe County. 这条跑道作为黑龙江省通河县一座占地10万平方英尺的体育馆的主要翻新工程的一部分，已于近期竣工。 The stadium itself appears to have been impressively built and features an immaculately laid artificial grass football pitch at its centre. 体育场十分壮观，中央的足球场铺着人工草坪，看上去完美无瑕。 But the running track’s designers got their angles badly wrong – painting 90-degree corners onto the track rather than the usual curves. 但跑道的设计则完全不对路，平常的弯道竟然被90度的直角所代替。 “It all looks jolly good - apart from the track which doesn’t really look up to standard,” a bemused local told Newsnight, a regional television programme. 一名当地居民感到很困惑，接受当地电视节目《资讯夜航》采访时说道，“它的其他部分都很完美，不过跑道看上去不大标准。” Stadium officials had another explanation. They claimed their original track had once featured curves but said its rubber surface had become severely worn down from overuse. | 
