True story & trolls delight....
tlc.discovery.commarathon.htmlOpen ↗
Dec. 4, 2003 — A Bolivian runner who finished third in the women's half-marathon in the
central Andes region of Meseta del Bombon turned out to be a man, the Peruvian sports institute
confirmed Tuesday.
Sandra Cortes Tancara crossed the line in the 13-mile race in 1hr 36min 03sec, finishing third
overall behind the winner who clocked 1:33.42, but was later
Peruvian sports official Carlos Julca told AFP that Cortes Tancara, who is a regular competitor in
distance races in Peru, should have undergone a medical examination "but she left and we never saw
her again."
Peruvian athletics federation official Moises Marapi said that Cortes Tancara had represented
Bolivia as a woman in the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, but was
"At that time she was hermaphrodite," explained Marapi. "But later she had an operation and became a
total woman."