Competitor.com, 3 Jun 2011Willy Kipkemoi Rotich, 20 years old, the winner of Singapore’s Sundown Marathon has been disqualified. The reason: everyone had thought a man named Richard Habeya had crossed the line first. It turns out, Rotich had been wearing Habeya’s bib.
Mr. Habeya is a 24-year-old Nigerian man and was aware of the situation.
The fraud was discovered when organizers called the winners to double check their finishing times. Full story
