The victor of the Orange County marathon successful California was disqualified for accepting h2o during the race.
Esteban Prado's begetter noticed his lad was thirsty and decided to motorcycle alongside him to manus him water.
However, by accepting the h2o from his dad, Prado, 24, unknowingly participated successful what is known arsenic 'unauthorized assistance' arsenic marathon runners are lone allowed to get h2o from the hydration stations on the route.
'During yesterday's Hoag OC Marathon, we were forced to disqualify a subordinate aft it was confirmed they received unauthorized assistance from an idiosyncratic connected a bicycle, successful usurpation of US Track & Field rules and our contention regulations,' contention manager Gary Kutschar said successful a statement.
'We instrumentality these rules earnestly to guarantee fairness and the integrity of our lawsuit for each competitors.'
The victor of the Orange County marathon Esteban Prado (left) successful California was disqualified for accepting h2o during the contention from his begetter (right)
Esteban Prado's begetter gave his lad h2o connected 3 antithetic occasions during the Orange County marathon
By accepting the h2o from his dad, Prado unknowingly participated successful what is known arsenic 'unauthorized assistance'
Prado maintained the pb for astir of the contention and finished successful 2 hours, 24 minutes, 54 seconds. He told NBC Los Angeles helium trained extensively for astir 4 months, averaging 100 miles per week.
The disqualified rival told ABC 7 that the h2o stations were not good managed.
'Whenever I got to the stations, the volunteers were similar scrambling due to the fact that I'm the lone runner successful sight, truthful they could hardly spot maine astatine definite turns,' Prado told the outlet.
Video footage obtained by NBC Los Angeles shows Prado receiving h2o connected 3 antithetic occasions from his bicycle-riding dad.
Jason Yang was declared the caller marathon victor pursuing Prado's disqualification, who finished successful 2 hours, 25 minutes, 11 seconds.
Prado said helium was caller to moving marathons arsenic this was lone his second, and helium wasn't acquainted with the rules.
The contention manager called Prado aft the contention to pass him that different rival saw him get a h2o vessel during the race.
'The lone idiosyncratic that could spot maine wrong scope was 2nd place,' Prado told ABC 7.
But helium told the outlet the rubric didn't matter, and that helium inactive thought himself arsenic the existent victor of the race.
Jason Yang (pictured) was declared the caller marathon victor pursuing Prado's disqualification, who finished successful 2 hours, 25 minutes, 11 seconds
Yang took location his 3rd marathon triumph aft Prado was officially disqualified
'You get nary wealth oregon anything. If helium wanted that congratulations for that archetypal place, if helium truly felt similar helium needed it, it's conscionable for him astatine the extremity of the day,' Prado said. 'I truly got thing retired of it. I cognize I won.'
Yang took location his 3rd marathon win, and told NBC Los Angeles that though this is not the mode helium wanted to win,
'I deliberation it should beryllium an adjacent playing tract to beryllium honest,' helium said.
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