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Rampant cheating at the Mexico City Marathin (www.espn.com)
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11,000 runners were disqualified for cutting the course short. Not by taking a wrong turn, but by using vehicles or public transportation to cut the course short. That’s a third of the field! Wild.

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[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

11,000!

That sounds more like an issue with the course configuration and marshals than cheating

[–] oldman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I just looked up the course map online, and it looks nuts.

https://www.google.com/mymaps/viewer?mid=1fJ60kDW5gFVodDP5IUl4plIYGynjuXf-&hl=en

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago

So many opportunities for even well meaning people to get confused. One person cheats, the rest just follow the person in front of them, and boom, your whole event is wasted :\