Scottish ultra-marathon runner disqualified for using car in third place finish, blames 'miscommunication'

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Ultra-marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski has been disqualified from a race earlier this month where she placed third in after officials discovered she had hitched a ride in a car for a portion of the race.

The 47-year-old Scottish runner completed the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester to Liverpool 50-mile race on April 7 when race officials discovered, after handing Zakrzewski a third place trophy, that she had traveled 2.5 miles by car, the BBC reported. 

Joasia Zakrzewski from Scotland competes in the first ever The Arctic Triple - Lofoten Ultra-Trail on June 4, 2016 in Svolvaer, Norway. (Kai-Otto Melau/Getty Images)

Data showed that Zakrzewski traveled a mile of the race in just 1:40. 

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She told the outlet on Wednesday that the entire situation was a "miscommunication." 

Zakrzewski explained that she began to feel pain in her leg when she accepted a ride from a friend. She intended to tell race officials at the next checkpoint that she was withdrawing but said when she reached them, she decided to "carry on in a non-competitive way." 

But when Zakrzewski crossed the finish line, she accepted the third place medal without a word. 

"I made a massive error accepting the trophy and should have handed it back," she told the outlet. "I was tired and jetlagged and felt sick." 

"I hold my hands up, I should have handed them back and not had pictures done but I was feeling unwell and spaced out and not thinking clearly."

Joasia Zakrzewski from Scotland competes in the first ever The Arctic Triple - Lofoten Ultra-Trail on June 4, 2016 in