Scottish ultramarathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been disqualified from a 50-mile race after traveling in a car for a section of the course.
Zakrzewski, who initially finished as the third woman in the race, was competing in the GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool event in the northwest on April 7 when organizers said she gained an “unsporting, competitive advantage” which would have compromised the integrity of the results.
“When I got to the checkpoint, I told them [race marshals] I was pulling out and that I had been in the car and they said, ‘You will hate yourself if you stop,'” Zakrzewski told the BBC, explaining how she agreed to carry on in a “non-competitive way.” In a statement, GB Ultras race director Wayne Drinkwater said: “The issue has been investigated and, having reviewed the data from our race tracking system, gpx data, statements provided from our event team, other competitors and from the participant herself, we can confirm that a runner has now been disqualified from the event having taken vehicle transport during part of the route.”
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