Posted on 11/11/05
Marathon threatens to bar JeansMarines
Organizers of a Washington, D.C., marathon are considering barring a Toronto runners' group from returning next year, calling their shortcut "a clear violation" of race rules.The director of the U.S. Marine Corps Marathon said yesterday that the integrity of the sport was damaged after JeansMarines founder Jean Marmoreo helped some of her slower participants to the finish line by shaving 6.4 kilometres (four miles) off the 42-kilometre (26.2-mile) course.
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