QUIRKY WORLD ... Marathon runner denies cheating allegations

UK: A man who ran the second half of the London Marathon in less than half the time it took him to complete the first has denied claims he cheated-

Jason Scotland-Williams, 34, was accused of jumping over a barrier midway through the world famous race in order to achieve the impressive time, which fell just three minutes short of the world record for a half marathon.

But Mr Scotland-Williams, who is from the English capital, told the Sunday Telegraph: “I have done nothing wrong. Nobody thinks maybe I just trained hard. No one thinks ‘maybe he paced himself through the first half and when the second half came he just let himself go’. All along the route there are stewards and people watching. There’s no way you can cheat.”