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.
Rampant cheating at the Mexico City Marathin
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/38339369/11000-runners-dqd-mexico-city-marathon-per-report
7 Comments
Izzy@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Marathin? I like them marathicc. 🫠
ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 2y
11,000!
That sounds more like an issue with the course configuration and marshals than cheating
oldman@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
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 :\
AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I don't think there is even an effective way to stop cheating that widespread. The article says every year they dq thousands of people. Either they're getting a lot of false positives or they have to make registration more restrictive.
fodderoh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
This is probably just the cynic in me, but I feel like a lot of those dq's won't care. They got their medal they can show off. That's probably all most of them care about.
Astroturfed@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 2y
Isn't Mexico that fattest country on the planet now? Not surprising they're not super into running...