US athlete won in marathons hiding in the toilet

in #vincentb7 years ago


After the next round the runner spent seven minutes in the toilet, and then finished again, supposedly running another circle.
In Arizona (USA), the organizers of the marathon disqualified a runner named Kelly Agnew for having fraudulently attributed the result to himself. This is stated on the page of the Across the Years marathon in Facebook.

It is reported that after the next round Agnew returned to the starting line, spent seven minutes in the biotoilete, after which he finished again and continued the marathon, attributing to himself an extra one and a half kilometer

Derek Murphy, investigating violations at marathons, found a witness, representative of the organization MCM timing, fixing the results of runners.

After the unscrupulous runner was caught in a scam, his other results were also revised, including for the run in the 2014-2015 marathon, when he won the 48-hour race, breaking 55 miles (88.5 kilometers), while the last For seven hours he did not run.

"We are sad to see that this happens at the event, which is based on a partnership between runners and support for better performances. This type of scam our organization does not accept. At this stage, Kelly will be denied participation in the races, organized by Aravaipa Running, "- said in a message on the page of the marathon.

The essence of the Across the Year marathons is in overcoming the distance for a certain time. The winner is the one who runs the longest distance for 24.48, 72 hours or six days.

Sort:  

Holy cow. What a jerk this guy is! Now I will doubt every marathon sticker that I see stuck on the back on someone's subaru. Where I live, there are a LOT of Subarus.