The Chicago Marathon has a dilemma on its hands that could have long lasting implications.
Wesley Korir’s time was the 4th fastest automatically timed finish of the day on Sunday. Chicago will not pay him the 4th place finisher’s purse of $15K based on the IAAF rules that require all elite runners to start with the elite race.
On one hand I want to scream at the Chicago Marathon to show Mr. Korir the money.
On the other hand the 4th place finisher has an argument in that Korir did not have to compete with the best runners nor did he follow the rules of competition.
What do you think?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-081012-wesley-koirr-chicago-marathon,0,36016.story
