When 69-year-old Anthony Gaskell crossed the London Marathon finishing line in a mere three hours and five minutes, he found himself in the record books. His was the fastest time ever recorded by anyone over 65 and he was due to receive a plaque marking his achievement.
Observers questioned, however, how a previously unknown veteran could have performed so well.
And analysis of the race revealed that he must have completed the second half in way under an hour - a pace that even the world record holder could not match. Six weeks after the event, Mr Gaskell has been stripped of his 'fastest pensioner' title after admitting that he took a short cut.
He appears to have used a part of the course just after Tower Bridge - where the marathon doubles back on itself - to cut from the outward leg to the home leg, taking around ten miles off the course.
Mr Gaskell, a grandfather from the Wirral, Merseyside, said: 'I have been called a cheat and disqualified from a race I never claimed to have won.'
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Cheating old bugger
Cheating old bugger
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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But, he didn't refuse the title at the time................Mr Gaskell, a grandfather from the Wirral, Merseyside, said: 'I have been called a cheat and disqualified from a race I never claimed to have won.'
I expect to go straight to hell...........at least I won't have to spend time making new friends.
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Nuff said...Gob wrote:...from the Wirral, Merseyside...
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Ey! Ey! Ey! Ey!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Cheating old bugger
Alright! Caaalm down!
Dey do doe don't dey doe?
Dey do doe don't dey doe?
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?