Thursday, October 11, 2007

Mexican Politician cheats in German Marathon

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/10/09/mexico.marathon.ap/index.html

This article is about how the Mexican politician, Roberto Madrazo, "cheated" in the Berlin marathon. He finished in 2:41:12. The officials use electronic chips to track the progress of the runners the chip said that Madrazo missed two checkpoints... The chip recorded that Madrazo ran 21 miles in 9 minutes the fastest recorded time was 41 minutes, 29 seconds, by Felix Limo of Kenya. It was highly unlikely that Madrazo ran that distance and time in a Windbreaker, hat and long, skintight running pants and at the age of 55. This caught the attention of New York-based marathon photographer Victor Sailer. He was the one that alerted marathon officials that Madrazo might be cheating. Madrazo doesn't have the cleanest record either...He is known for cheating and lying in politics, for example he was guilty of spending tens of millions of dollars more than the legal campaign spending limit and often resorted to fraud to win elections. This created a lot of distrust in the government...

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