The Changhua Tianzhong Marathon has been marred by controversy as a runner used her son as a bib mule and won the game.


The woman wearing yellow on the left side of the stage won the Women's A Group in the half marathon event of this year's Changhua Tianzhong Marathon. After the medal ceremony, the organizer determined that this woman had not actually run the race.

I realized that the time of the person on the stage with me was only a bit shorter than my time, about one second faster, but I didn't see her during the entire race, from start to finish. I began to have doubts, so I took a look and found that there was a man running while wearing her bib.

The organizer examined data from check-in points and photos from the finish line. It found that a man wearing black was wearing the bib with the name of the eventual winner. Men cannot compete in women's races. It was determined that the man was the woman's son, and she had used him as a bib mule. It disqualified her win and banned them from competing for one year.

We hold an electronic and manual roll call at the start, and every year there are a couple of cases of bib mules or runners with two chips. All these cases are reported.

The woman who cheated refused to comment. The woman who finished in second place has been named as the winner. The organizer said runners should be responsible for producing their own results. It added that even though there are often cases of people running in place of others, the majority occur because someone drops out at the last minute and gives their place to a friend. If this is the case, then the organizer should be notified in advance.



台上最左邊的黃衣女子，是今年彰化田中馬拉松，超半程馬拉松女A組的冠軍。但賽後卻傳出這名冠軍，跟實際參加比賽的不是同一個人。

原超半程女A組第二名 蘇小姐表示：「（上台領獎)這個人，怎麼跟我只差一點點時間，大概差一秒時間。但是，我根本在跑步的時候，進終點的時候，根本沒看到她。就開始懷疑，去查了一下，很容易，就查出是個男生，拿著她的號碼布跑。」

主辦單位接到檢舉，重新檢視感應點、以及終點選手影像，發現這名黑色運動服的男性跑者，胸前掛的竟是冠軍跑者的名字，而且男性不能參加女子組，經主辦單位追查，原來是兒子代替媽媽參賽，還拿下第一名，現在除了取消冠軍資格，母子兩人也都被禁賽一年。

彰化馬拉松協會理事長 鄭宗政表示：「總排的部分，因我們有做電子跟人工檢錄。每一年，多少都會有幾位，不管是男代女代跑，或是雙晶片。這情況，都有被檢舉發生。」

被查出代跑，原冠軍不願說明。主辦單位目前將原第二名遞補為冠軍。也呼籲馬拉松愛好者，自己的成績應該要靠自己創造。主辦單位表示，雖然經常發生代跑的情形，但大部分都是臨時不能參加，將參賽名額讓給親友或其他人。不過代跑也必須告知主辦單位，才能避免不必要的爭議。