Runner is disqualified from Cardiff Half Marathon after claiming to have accomplished the final 11km at a World Document-breaking tempo of half-hour

A runner has been accused of dishonest within the Cardiff Half Marathon after race organisers mentioned it might not have been doable for him to finish the course in 67 minutes. 

The participant, named by the BBC as Sion Daniels of Llanelli AC, alleged that he had accomplished the race in 1:07:58 which might have positioned him twenty third out of 27,500 entrants. 

However organisers Run 4 Wales claimed he would have needed to run a World-Document breaking tempo for the final seven miles to realize the time he claimed.

He now seems to have been disqualified as his title doesn’t seem in Sunday’s official race outcomes. 

Mr Daniels submitted a GPX file from his working watch as proof of his timings – however organisers declare the file was from a previous occasion which adopted a barely totally different route.

Run4Wales says ‘it seems to be seemingly that the participant minimize out’ a two-mile loop.

Sion Daniels featured in an S4C tv interview and alleged he had accomplished the race in 1:07:58

In a press release to MailOnline, organisers Run4Wales confirmed that following an investigation, a runner collaborating in Sunday’s Principality Cardiff Half Marathon has been accused of dishonest.

‘The runner, who was featured in an S4C tv interview alleged that that they had accomplished the race in 1:07:58 however didn’t seem within the official outcomes due to a timing chip error,’ the assertion mentioned.

‘The runner submitted a GPX file from their working watch as proof, however evaluation has proven that the file is from a earlier version of the race – which adopted a barely totally different route.

‘Evaluation of the runners’ place at occasions of day at numerous factors across the course additionally recommend it might not be doable for them to have accomplished the race in 67 minutes. 

‘Having been at 9 miles at round 55 minutes, it seems to be seemingly that the participant minimize out the two-mile loop of Roath Park Lake within the latter phases of the race.

Greater than 27,500 folks took to the streets of the Welsh capital to mark the occasion’s twentieth anniversary this 12 months

‘The runner has been contacted and given alternative to reply and refute the claims, however will seemingly be barred from R4W occasions and served a ban. 

‘Particulars have additionally been handed to the governing physique, Welsh Athletics.’

MailOnline has tried to contact Sion Daniels for remark. 

Vincent Mutai from Kenya gained the boys’s race in a single hour and 35 seconds, carefully adopted by Shadrack Kimining, additionally Kenyan, who completed in a single hour and 48 seconds. 

The winner of the ladies’s race was Mestawut Fikir of Ethiopia, who acquired a time of 01:08:13. 

Greater than 27,500 folks took to the streets of the Welsh capital to mark the occasion’s twentieth anniversary this 12 months. 

Following the race, Matt Newman, CEO of Run 4 Wales, mentioned: ‘The ambiance was electrical at this 12 months’s Cardiff Half, due to all of our runners, volunteers and spectators, and we’re anticipating subsequent 12 months’s occasion to be much more fashionable.

‘The occasion has utterly offered out for the previous six years and early fowl entries are often snapped up inside 12 hours of occurring sale. We might encourage everybody who’s desirous about collaborating subsequent 12 months to register early to keep away from disappointment.’