A COUPLE accused of cheating the London Marathon by running with the same registration number on their vests should return their medal, fuming critics have said. Monika Czarnecka, 41, and her husba…
Registration numbers get distributed to runners ahead of the race, which gave Piotr enough time to reproduce the 11250 number which was issued to his partner.
Monika, from Amersham in Buckinghamshire, finished in 21,697th place with a time of 4hrs 40 mins and 58 seconds. One angry response on Twitter said: “She's suddenly got awfully shy on Strava when I mentioned this photo and all the others and suggested she hand back her medal.” Another user said: “It's not fair if we are paying around £200 for a charity place, stressing raising £2k, and you get virtuals or fakes on course really.”
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