LIMA: A Bolivian runner, who finished third in the women’s half-marathon in the central Andes region of Meseta del Bombon, turned out to be a man, the Peruvian sports institute confirmed on Tuesday.
Sandra Cortes Tancara finished the 21.098km race in 1’36:03, finishing third overall behind the winner who clocked 1’33:42, but was later disqualified for “sexual identification problems”.
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