Vienna marathon winner disqualified over his shoe solesReutersEthiopia’s Derara Hurisa on Sunday won the Vienna City Marathon, but was disqualified soon after when the soles of his shoes were found to be 1cm too thick in contravention of the rules. Hurisa crossed the line with a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes, 22 seconds, but less than 45 minutes later was left distraught when his time was struck off as his shoe soles were 5cm thick. The soles of road running shoes cannot be thicker than 4cm and Hurisa had worn a different set of shoes to the ones he had mentioned on his form. Ethiopia’s Derara Hurisa celebrates after winning the Vienna City Marathon in Austria on Sunday. He was later disqualified for wearing shoes with soles that were 5cm thick.

Source: Taipei Times September 13, 2021 15:56 UTC