Comrades bans 25 athletes for supplying false information: At least 25 athletes have been disqualified from the Comrades Marathon for submitting false information to qualify.
Comrades Marathon Association director Rowyn James said the athletes would be suspended from entering the 2024 and 2025 races as a sanction.Comrades Marathon after it was found that they had supplied false qualifying information,” said James.“Runners found to have been cheating in any way – be it via submitting false qualifying details or in the race itself – are tarnishing the reputation of the sport and the Comrades Marathon as well as disrespecting fellow athletes,” he said.
We promote fair sport and to this end are continuing with investigations into other alleged transgressors, the outcome of which will be announced in due course,” he explained.James said one of the ways runners use when cheating was by getting other people to run their qualifiers for them or claim to have participated in a race before and submitting a deceiving running time.“When a runner submits their qualifying times, we check the details that they submit with their entry in the Comrades.
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