{"id":9367,"date":"2023-11-15T19:47:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/9367\/ultramarathon-runner-handed-12-month-ban\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T19:47:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:47:13","slug":"ultramarathon-runner-handed-12-month-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=9367","title":{"rendered":"Ultramarathon runner handed 12-month ban for using car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ultramarathon runner handed 12-month ban for using car\u060c<\/p>\n

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Scottish ultramarathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been banned for 12 months by a UK Athletics disciplinary panel after using a car for part of a 50-mile race.<\/p>\n

Zakrzewski finished third in the GB Ultras Manchester-Liverpool race in April, but race tracking system data showed she used a car for around 2.5 miles of the competition. Her data indicated that she ran a mile in 1 minute and 40 seconds, 2 1\/2 minutes faster than the current women’s world record.<\/p>\n

Zakrzewski said she used the car after telling race stewards she was injured and no longer racing, before accepting a medal and wooden trophy for third place.<\/p>\n

However, in statements after the race, the stewards disputed Zakrzewski’s claim that she told them she was no longer racing.<\/p>\n

The panel said Zakrzewski only told officials what happened after being asked by the race organizer and did not seek to return the prize within a week<\/a> of the race. She also posted about the race on social media without saying she competed non-competitively.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t malicious. It was a miscommunication. I would never have deliberately cheated and it wasn’t a targeted race, but I don’t want to make excuses,” Zakrzewski told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Zakrzewski will not be able to participate in any races organized by UK Athletic for one year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ultramarathon runner handed 12-month ban for using car\u060c Scottish ultramarathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been banned for 12 months by a UK Athletics disciplinary panel after using a car for part of a 50-mile race. Zakrzewski finished third in the GB Ultras Manchester-Liverpool race in April, but race tracking system data showed she used a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5627,3287,3258,4079,5626,5625],"class_list":["post-9367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-12month","tag-ban","tag-car","tag-handed","tag-runner","tag-ultramarathon"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9369,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9367\/revisions\/9369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}