A Scottish runner has had third place removed in an ultramarathon after tests showed she had used a car for part of the course, the race director says.
Data from the GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 80km race tracking system on April 7 showed that Joasia Zakrzewski, who represented Scotland in the marathon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, used a car during a stretch four kilometers into the race, reports the BBC.
Race director Wayne Drinkwater said he had received information that a runner had gained an “unsportsmanlike and competitive advantage during a section of the event”, telling the BBC: “Having reviewed the data from our race monitoring system, the GPX data, the statements provided by our event team, other competitors and by the participant herself, we can confirm that a runner has been disqualified from the event for having used vehicle transport during part of the route”.
Zakrzewski has not commented publicly on the incident. “Zakrzewski has fully cooperated with the race organizers’ investigations and has explained everything that happened,” says Adrian Stott, adding that the runner “feels sorry for any inconvenience caused.”
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