Sub 3Hr Marathon

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jda 2 May 9:20pm, 2 May 2024 16,999 posts	0 jda I was assuming the start time was bogus and his chip just didn't register anything for the first half. But I hadn't checked how plausible this was. It's just his timings are so obviously wrong it could hardly be a deliberate attempt to cheat. He's hardly going to claim he actually did the first 25k in 75 mins. He also has a sequence of reasonable times behind him.
Windsor Wool 2 May 9:28pm, 2 May 2024 6,319 posts	0 Windsor Wool Yeah, the start time would have to be an error wouldn’t it. I can’t really believe that it’s an error given that this is top class athlete….
runningowl 2 May 9:41pm, 2 May 2024 125 posts	0 runningowl This is the guy in question. Problem is… He’s also not pictured by the photographer until 22k plus. His previous PB was Valencia last Dec in 3:17 and there is a ? About his run there too. It’s not looking good for him.
runningowl 2 May 9:42pm, 2 May 2024 126 posts	0 runningowl runningowl wrote:This is the guy in question. Problem is… He’s also not pictured by the photographer until 22k plus. His previous PB was Valencia last Dec in 3:17 and there is a ? About his run there too. It’s not looking good for him. [IMAGE 259787[IMAGE259787]
jda 2 May 9:50pm, 2 May 2024 17,000 posts	0 jda What's wrong with his Valencia run? may be what you meant? 3:17 ish is certainly good for a V60 but not particularly astonishing. If he's a cheat he's a rubbish one!
runningowl 2 May 9:59pm, 2 May 2024 127 posts	0 runningowl jda wrote:What's wrong with his Valencia run? may be what you meant? 3:17 ish is certainly good for a V60 but not particularly astonishing. If he's a cheat he's a rubbish one! Not 100% sure but the Marathon Investigation website have apparently found something. Sure it’ll come out
Mark J 🇳🇿 2 May 10:38pm, 2 May 2024 2,107 posts	0 Mark J 🇳🇿 I just don't understand cheating, at any level. I guess it's just another form of narcissism. Get a great time, regardless of how and then believing that you actually did it. Just wrong.
Charlesvdw 3 May 6:52pm, 3 May 2024 251 posts	0 Charlesvdw TCS London Marathon surely has to verify results like that ? An age group winner.
FergusG 3 May 7:01pm, 3 May 2024 5,620 posts	0 FergusG athleticsweekly.com London have referred the result to their Entries and Data team to investigate but it should not take too long to ascertain with photographic evidence whether there was a chip failure that gave him a later start time than he really did and his chip failed to work on the first half of the race or there is a less satisfactory reason.