Originally Posted by
ksryder
Since you said there are pictures of her wearing the timing chip, but also no times that were registered, my guess would be course cutting. Timing errors do happen (and Marathon Investigation has also exonerated people wrongly accused of course cutting) but it's pretty uncommon. Usually when there is no time data recorded combined with "thou doth protest too much" it means someone cut the course.
How would course cutting cause a time not to register? (I'm not arguing with you. I have never run a marathon and have no desire to ever try. I have no idea how the timing works. I'm just curious.)
The timer system registers the RFID tag when the racer passes the sensor at the start and again at the end. Your race time is the difference between those 2 values.
If you cut the course and finishes way early, wouldn't the sensor still register the RFID tag and just give you a shorter time?
Or do they have other sensors along the route that have to be triggered for the final number to count?