Stranger than fiction.
An off-duty member of the Garda Anti-Corruption Unit has handed back their medal for completing the 2022 Dublin Marathon after reports they used the Luas during the race!!
Organisers say as per rules and regulations, the entrant will have their result removed from the records and will be disqualified from future Marathon or Dublin Race Series events.
The interest of the organisers was piqued as the person’s finishing time was among the top 6% of all participants in the race.
However, having completed the first half of the 26-mile course in an average time of ten minutes per mile, this would drop to six minutes per mile for the latter half!
They say the person has apologised and returned their finishing medal and T-shirt.
A garda spokesperson says they are currently conducting an internal fact finding review of the matter.
