Posted on 09/08/2023 5:53:07 PM PDT by texas booster
The Mexico City marathon has ended in farcical scenes after an insane number of competitors were disqualified for the same reason.
The Mexico City Marathon may have to start investing in some improved anti-cheating functionality.
A staggering 11,000 runners out of a 30,000-person field were disqualified after they cut some part of the course during the 42km race on August 27, the Spanish newspaper Marca reported.
The newspaper reported the runners were disqualified after missing checkpoints placed every five kilometres.
Some runners allegedly used vehicles or public transport to cut the course, the report said.
“The Mexico City Sports Institute informs that it will proceed to identify those cases in which participants of the XL Mexico City Marathon Telcel 2023 have demonstrated an unsportsmanlike attitude during the event and will invalidate their registration times,” race organisers said in a statement to Marca.
“This great event not only represents an outstanding celebration for all the inhabitants of the capital, but also an occasion to reaffirm the transcendental values of sport.”
Per Runner’s World, some runners have claimed their trackers were faulty, and they did not cheat but instead passed through the checkpoints without being recorded.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
You are a vewy, vewy bad boy.
Now off to your room! No gruel for you tonight.
(Wow, that is funny!)
Dairy Queened?
The big reason to cheat in a marathon is to have a Boston-qualifying time.
That’s what I was wondering, too.
Probably all 11,000.......
[The newspaper reported the runners were disqualified after missing checkpoints placed every five kilometers.]
Is it O.K. if I were to take a car ride for 4.98 kilometers, check-in and then be driven to the next checkpoint?
I promise to install a custom car horn and have the car horn play “La Cucaracha” between checkpoints.....
11,000 cheating Mexicans? Wow! That’s new.
"As a national culture, they have no respect for our laws, our rules or our borders. Why should it come as any surprise that they have no respect for their laws, rules, culture or borders"
Conservatism better stop "standing athwart history, yelling, 'Stop!'" and start paddling.
...only 14 men eventually completed the race: one after hitchhiking, one after taking a nap, and one—the eventual gold medalist—after drinking strychnine mixed with raw egg and brandy.
Their own performance enhancer was being chased by a pack of wild dogs. Literally. If they ran them like that today, I'd watch.
Is one word I said, untrue?
Not blaming anyone. Simply stating measurable, quantitative and historical facts.
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