Scotland’s Joasia Zakrzewski was given a one-year ban by UK Athletics this Wednesday after competing in a car in the Manchester-Liverpool ultramarathon on April 7 and finishing third.
Of the 80 kilometers of the ultramarathon, four were completed by the Scot in a friend’s car after she expressed her intention to give up before resuming the pace, resulting in her disqualification and the subsequent loss of third place, by her own admission, and I apologize for taking the prize after cutting the target.
Zakrzewski refused to admit there was intentional fraud, but a British Athletics review panel rejected the athlete’s explanations, which admitted she should have returned the medal and explained more clearly what she had done, citing recent travel from Australia and Australia. Difficulty with objective thinking.
The British woman was banned from competing, training and licensed athletics for a year.
The 47-year-old has a successful career in athletics, split between marathons and ultramarathons, with silver and bronze at the 100km World Championships on her resume, as well as a world record for the distance in 48 hours, set in February.
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Source: CM Jornal
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