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Rampant cheating at the Mexico City Marathin (www.espn.com)
submitted 2 years ago by oldman@lemmy.world to c/running@lemmy.world
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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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[-] Izzy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Marathin? I like them marathicc. 🫠

[-] ada 12 points 2 years ago

11,000!

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

[-] oldman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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

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

[-] ada 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 :\

[-] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

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 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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 1 points 2 years ago

Isn't Mexico that fattest country on the planet now? Not surprising they're not super into running...

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