A leading ultra-marathon runner has been disqualified from a Manchester race after tracking data showed she was found to have used a car.
Joasia Zakrzewski, a 47-year-old GP from Dumfries in Scotland, had finished third in the gruelling, 50-mile GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool race staged on April 7, Good Friday.
But she is believed to have travelled 2.5 miles in a car after mapping data found she covered a mile in one minute and 40 seconds, according to reports today.