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[新闻] Marathon winner who wasn't

新家玻日落全马(Singapore Sundown Marathon 2011)，第一名肯亚人Willy Kipkemoi Rotich 原来是拿其它人的号码来跑，结果被取消资格。

大，小型比赛都好，如果拿人家号码跑，当你有机会站在podium，你觉得你可以瞒天过海吗？

事后被主办当局发现，取消资格，排名更新，新闻报导出街，对自己名声也不好吧。只会得不偿失。既然可以跑那么快，为何不报名？
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Marathon winner who wasn't

Willy Kipkemoi Rotich was disqualified by race organisers for competing with another person's race tag. -myp
Gerrard Lai

Fri, Jun 03, 2011
my paper

KENYAN runner Willy Kipkemoi Rotich, 20, finished first at last weekend's Sundown Marathon, but everyone thought a Richard Habeya had won.

Rotich clocked 2hr 53min 13sec when he crossed the 42.195km finishing line, but was disqualified by race organisers HiVelocity for competing with another person's race tag.

He had raced using participant number tag E6121 belonging to Mr Habeya, a 24-year-old Nigerian, who did not race despite registering for the marathon. A check with Mr Habeya by the race organisers revealed that he was aware of this.

Rotich's sham was discovered when organisers performed their duty of calling the winners to double-check that their race timings as well as their particulars were correct.

HiVelocity general manager Benjamin Wee said: "We have tried to contact Willy on numerous occasions but he could not be reached.

"He seems to be uncontactable and is not replying to the numerous messages we have left for him."

The race directors disqualified Rotich based on Mr Habeya's admission that the former had ran in his place. The top prize for the Men's Open category – which Rotich had run under – was $500 cash, among other prizes.

Finishers from second to eleventh place have been moved up the ranking ladder, with runner-up Ahmad Lamchannak, 30, of Morocco, who clocked 3:09:11, becoming the new winner.

While this may be the first time someone has raced competitively using another person's race tag in the Sundown Marathon, the act is not alien to Rotich.

Earlier in April, he raced in the Baguio 21km race in the Philippines using the tag of another Kenyan, Daniel Koringo.

He was disqualified two weeks after that race when he tried to cash the winnings at a bank using Mr Koringo's passport.

Mr Wee explained that the organisers do verify details when athletes collect their race packs a week prior to the race.

He added: "But on the day of the race, we relied on everyone's...integrity. That is a value every sports event must strive to promote."

When told about the fraud, 22-year-old Jack Ong, who ran the Sundown marathon, was surprised but felt that Rotich deserved the glory and award for being the one to run and finish the race in record time.

Half-marathon runner Kris Tan, 30, was also ready to accord Rotich respect for managing to clinch the winning spot with a clear margin.

However, the partner of a digital advertising firm disagreed with the idea of racing under another person's name as it may complicate identification in case of emergency.

"One could be unconscious and the only identification could be just the racing bib and this may delay help," he said.

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＊转载自 www.asiaone.com.sg

[18/02/2008] SCHKM 2008

香港渣打马拉松原来是昨天举行呢。

刚看娱乐新闻，方力申成为首位跑完马拉松全程(42.195公里)的香港艺人，并以3小时52分57秒跑到终点。杨千嬅以1小时19分44秒完成了10公里的赛事。点击新闻

http://www.hkmarathon.com/hkmarathon/eng/home/index.html

香港渣打马拉松跟新加玻渣打马拉松都是Standard Chartered主办的。它们有一个相关的主题：race for a living planet 全球四个地点，其他两个不在亚洲。
http://www.hkmarathon.com/marathon/eng/activity/groe.jsp

大家可以看看有关资料。其实我有个心愿是可以有机会完成这四个马拉松。