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Scottish ultra-marathon runner disqualified after using car in race

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  • Joasia Zakrzewski believed to have travelled 2.5 miles in a car
  • Friend says she is ‘genuinely sorry’ and felt unwell in race

Scottish ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been disqualified from a race – because she was found to have used a car.

The 47-year-old from Dumfries had finished third in the GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool race on 7 April. But she is believed to have travelled 2.5 miles in a car after mapping data found she covered a mile in one minute and 40 seconds. Wayne Drinkwater, the director of the GB Ultras race, told the BBC it was “very disappointing”.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/yN2JtmI

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