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Mexican Politician cheats in Berlin Marathon |
DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I always find these stories hilarious. There’s something amusing about someone attempting to cheat in a marathon, like, do we not do it for ourselves? Anyway this story is even funnier because the cheat in question was a Mexican presidential candidate in 2006 (third in that contest) but crossed the line in the Berlin Marathon in a time of 2:41. That would have given Roberto Madrazo first place in his age category of over 55.
One look at the finish line photo would tell you this person hadn’t run the course, he’s got a jacket on for God’s sake!
Madrazo broke a week of silence Wednesday, issuing a statement in which he said the allegations of him cheating were nothing more than political attacks meant to discredit his sporting career and his as-yet-unlaunched foundation, Marathon: A Foundation for Competition.
“I never declared myself the winner in Berlin with the time distributed by the media nor did I receive any medal for the alleged first place,” Madrazo said
This Qoute is from WTOP News. (If he wasn’t claiming to have done the course why would he be pumping his fists in the air for his finish line photo?!)
Apparently his chip time had him running faster than Felix Limo’s world record for 15km of 41 minutes 29 seconds between kilometres 20 and 35! That would be some running for Haile, never mind a 55 year old recreational runner!
-Aisling-
Photo from Wtop News: AP Photo/Victor Sailer (who’s credited in some news stories with reporting Roberto as looking suspiciously overdressed as he crossed the line!)
Latest Comments (4):
Brilliant find! heh heh. you gotta love politicians!
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=1596088&page=0
If you have time on your hands the thread above is a great read. It’s about a serial cheater and the lengths he appears to be going to, to win his age category. The first post on the thread is by a “William Jurena” but that’s obviously someone posting under the name of the person who’s accused of cheating. It’s a fascinating read, and the people posting get very worked up about it!!
you can see on the Chicago Route map where he would have cheated where it loops back on itself.
very funny.
(I say Chicago, because in the thread aisling quotes above, they found out he cheated in that too!)
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