Runner Joasia Zakrzewski took a flight from Australia to the U.K. to compete in an ultramarathon – and then she used a car to finish the race.
It was only after she accepted the third place prize that she revealed she had cheated during the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool, according to BBC News. , Zakrzewski, 47, was neck and neck with the other top runners in the 50-mile race. But for 2.5 miles of it, she was in a car.
"When I got to the checkpoint I told them I was pulling out and that I had been in the car, and they said 'you will hate yourself if you stop,'" Zakrzewski Runner Joasia Zakrzewski took a flight from Australia to the U.K. to compete in an ultramarathon – and then she took a car to finish the race. It was only after she accepted the third place prize that she revealed she had cheated during the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool, according to BBC News.
After later finding out Zakrzewski cheated, GB Ultras disqualified her gave third place to the next finisher, Mel Sykes, who ended in 7:32:58,"I'm an idiot and want to apologize to Mel. It wasn't malicious, it was miscommunication," Zakrzewski said."I would never purposefully cheat and this was not a target race, but I don't want to make excuses." This is not the first time someone has used transportation other than their legs during a race.
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