Male runners caught competing in the women’s category of prestigious South African marathon

Source: New York Post

Two male runners who were discovered fraudulently competing on behalf of female colleagues in a top South African marathon have been disqualified and could face two-year bans from the event, along with the two women. The two women runners swapped their bibs with the two men, who both finished within the top 10 in the women’s half-marathon at the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town last Sunday, initially denying those slots to two female runners. But the cheating was discovered by a marathon board member, and the men were disqualified from their 7th and 10th place finishes.