Aw, c’mon, she crossed the finish line first, didn’t she?

Mere quibbling, if you ask me..

Top ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been disqualified from a recent race after using a car to travel during a portion of the route. Zakrzewski finished third in the 2023 Manchester to Liverpool Ultra—but was reportedly traveling by automobile for 2.5 miles of the 50-mile race.

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That seems awfully unfair. After all, with more and more female impersonators participating in women’s sports, a gal’s got to do something to even up the score with their (formerly) hairy legged competitors.

Wayne Drinkwater, director of the GB Ultras race, said that a runner had been found to have obtained an “unsporting, competitive advantage during a section of the event.”

—Runner’s World.