An ultrarunner had her third-place finish taken away after she used a car to complete part of the course.
She said she became lost around the halfway mark and her leg became sore, after which she accepted a ride in a friend's car to the next checkpoint, according to the BBC.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."
Mel Sykes has since been awarded third place in the women's category of the race, which she said was "great news for me" but "bad news for sportsmanship."
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