London Marathon organisers have opened investigation after a runner lost his race number barely two miles from the finish line – with an imposter allegedly picking the number and finishing in his place to claim the medal.
Jake Halliday, 28, an investment manager from Edinburgh, who was raising cash for cancer, had been running for more than three hours when he was taken off the course, having lost his race number.
The alleged imposter posed at the finishing line for photographers while the real runner Jake was escorted off the course by stewards.
The apparent imposter even kisses the medal as he poses with Jake’s race number, 35179.
Officials are now investigating, with other runners calling for Jake – who raised more than £48,000 with pals for cancer research – to be given his well-deserved medal.
The identity of the imposter remains unknown and a social media campaign has been launched to find him and return the medal to its rightful owner.
According to tracking results, Jake had started running at 10.30am, managing to reach the 40km mark in little over three hours. However, his finish time was never recorded.
According to Peter Mowbray, 51, a fellow runner who publicised the incident on Facebook, Mr Halliday was prevented from completing the race by two marshals who saw that he wasn’t wearing a number and escorted him from the course.
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