London Marathon officials investigate runner who ran half of race 'faster than Mo Farah' after he allegedly cut out part of the course

 
Allegations: Jason Scotland Williams
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Standard Reporter22 April 2014

A London Marathon runner who completed part of the race faster than Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah is being investigated following allegations he may have cheated.

Jason Scotland-Williams, 34, is alleged to have jumped a barrier at the halfway point at Tower Bridge and cut 10 miles off the 26 mile route, according to reports in The Sun newspaper.

The serial marathon runner from Hammersmith, west London, ran the race in just three hours and eight minutes - less than half the time he clocked up last year, when he ran it in seven hours 24 minutes.

He is reported to have finished the second part of the 26 mile race in just one hour and one minute - beating Mo Farah's time for the same section of one hour and five minutes.

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His results, which can be found in an official log on the marathon website, only show estimated times for the 25km, 30km and 35km points, fuelling speculation that he may have dodged those checkpoints.

Alternatively, there are suggestions that a microchip he was wearing did not activate at those points.

The news of Scotland-Williams' results sparked comments from fellow amateur athletes on online forum Runners World.

Chris Pearson wrote: "First half seems fair enough. Second half is nothing short of a miracle."

Organisers at the Virgin Money London Marathon confirmed Scotland-Williams' results were being investigated.

He said: "We have anti-cheating measures during the event, and then post-event when we analyse split times from points around the course.

Log: a table showing Jason Scotland-Williams' results (Picture: Virgin Money London Marathon)

"Runners found to have cheated are removed from results and banned from future events."

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An online fundraising page set up by Scotland-Williams for deaf-blind charity Sense has since been taken down.

A spokesman for the charity said: "An allegation that a runner cheated at the London Marathon has been brought to our attention.

"We are urgently investigating and would be very disappointed if this was true."

When a journalist from The Sun contacted Scotland-Williams for comment, he is said to have replied: "‘F*** off, f*** off".

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