A Spanish runner, sanctioned 2 years for running a marathon with the number of another participant

According to reports 20 minutes the athlete Camilo Santiago has been sanctioned by the Spanish Athletics Federation with a two-year suspension for participating in the Dresden Marathon (Germany) with the number of another participant.

The Murcian runner himself, although he began his career in athletics in La Rioja, has confirmed the sanction to EFE and has admitted that although he has known it now "it is something that he had chewed on, because he knew how the case was going."

He says they stole his backpack and let him compete with another number

The events for which he has been sanctioned date back to March this year, when he traveled to the German city of Dresden to compete in a marathon.

According to his version, his runner's backpack was stolen and the organization allowed him to compete with the number of another participant, the Honduran Iván Zarco, who had registered but had not been able to run.

Santiago concluded the test in a time of 2.17: 46, which was assigned to Zarco and became, at that moment, a record for the distance of Honduras.

The Federation has sanctioned him with 2 years

After investigating the case, the Competition Committee of the Spanish Athletics Federation has determined a two-year suspension for the 39-year-old runner, who in his career has been international with Spain in marathon and half marathon.

Santiago has considered that this sanction is "disproportionate and unfair" why "It is comparable to the one that is put on people for doping or for more serious things” and has detailed that he has not yet decided if he will appeal the decision of the Federation.

He has insisted that he used the number of another runner with the permission of the organization of the test, although "It seems that later someone has not told the truth ” and so "I was assuming that this could happen"And "That's why I already had chewed that this sanction could come to me", it is finished