A 70-year-old runner whose record finish in the Los Angeles Marathon was tossed over cheating allegations was found dead in a dry, concrete channel of the Los Angeles River, officials say.
LOS ANGELES — A 70-year-old runner whose record finish in the Los Angeles Marathon was tossed over cheating allegations was found dead in a dry, concrete channel of the Los Angeles River, officials said Friday.above the dry river channel and made the grim discovery.
"He has helped numerous people, people who worked with him, people who loved him, people who admired him and they've been breaking down my door" with condolences and sympathy, Nevarez said, her voice cracking with emotion. "Dr. Frank Meza violated a number of race rules ... including re-entering the course from a position other than where he left it,"."The video evidence is confirmed by a credible eyewitness report and our calculation that Dr. Meza’s actual running time for at least one 5K course segment would have had to have been faster than the current 70-74 age group 5K world-record [an impossible feat during a marathon].
"We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Frank Meza," Murphy Reinschreiber, chief operating officer of the L.A. Marathon organizer Conqur Endurance Group, said in a statement."Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family.who investigates cases of potential marathon cheating, also offered his condolences in a statement.said Murphy, who had been closely monitoring the case.
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