853 Runners Were Disqualified From This Road Race. Many Broke the Same Starting-Line Rule.
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SCAN SPORT - At 20 kilometres from Behobia-San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, 853 participants were disqualified this Sunday for non-respect of their starting group.
Although they finished the race and received their finishing medal, 856 participants in the Behobia-San Sebastián, a 20-kilometre running race in the Basque Country, were disqualified by the organiser....
The starting number in mass road races serves much more than just detecting the finishing time. During the 61st edition of the popular Behobia-San Sebastian race in Spain, it was the number data that helped organizers determine whether participants had set off in the exact group assigned to them. It turns out that being too impatient at the start can be costly and lead to the official result being erased.
More than 850 riders who took part in a 20 km long race in the Basque Country were disqualified by the organisers. The rules were applied to the letter. More than 27,000 participants were at the start, on Sunday, of the 61st edition of the 20 km of Behobia-San Sebastian, organized in the Spanish Basque Country. But at the end of the race, 853 riders were disqualified by the organizers, even though they received their medal after crossing the fin…
The organizers of the Behobia-San Sebastián disqualified 856 riders, this Sunday, November 8, in the Spanish Basque Country. Equipped with electronic chips, the violators on this 20 km event bringing together 27 riders...
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