网红伪造号码布混进纽约马拉松、与Ariana Grande击掌走红：号码是法国银行高管的，已被禁参加明年赛事
11月1日举行的纽约市马拉松上，一名跑者在终点附近与歌手Ariana Grande击掌的视频在社交平台走红。11月11日，《纽约邮报》独家查明：这名网红Mike Clarke根本没有正式报名，他伪造了法国银行高管Nicolas Bourot的4207号号码布混进赛道，跑完了26.2英里全程。主办方纽约路跑协会（New York Road Runners）已禁止他参加明年的赛事。Dexerto于11月12日跟进报道，内容与邮报一致。
Bourot是法国第二大银行集团Groupe BPCE的首席安全官，也是有139年历史的SAM Paris 12跑团成员。他等了10年才抽中这次参赛资格，妻子和朋友还为他准备了机票和酒店，作为50岁生日之旅。他以3小时23分23秒完赛，赛后在赛事官方图库里看到穿着自己号码的Clarke的照片，才发现号码被盗用。他一度担心两个相同号码会影响自己的成绩，核对后确认成绩无误。他对《纽约邮报》说：「这对所有跑者都不公平，因为进这场马拉松非常难。我等了10年才等到，每年都试、试、试。」
Clarke在一段后来删除的YouTube视频里承认自己「没有正式注册」。他对《纽约邮报》说，他选这个号码是因为它与一名已经去世的朋友有关，对方生前想跑完世界六大满贯马拉松、原希望2028年跑纽约，他说自己并不知道这个号码属于Bourot。他还写道：「赛后我拿到一枚奖牌，但后来送给了一个孩子，哈哈！」对于盗用号码，他拒绝道歉，说：「他们可以说这不公平、是钻制度空子，但对我来说，这是为了挑战自己的极限、为这个目标跑步，顺便玩得开心。」
纽约路跑协会对《纽约邮报》表示，在收到多起关于这块伪造号码布的举报后，已禁止Clarke参加明年的赛事。协会发言人说：「以欺诈方式进入我们赛事的人，会危及所有人的安全。这类行为性质恶劣，与支持跑步运动及其社区的宗旨背道而驰。」邮报还提到，主办方多年来已不再安排专门拦截未注册跑者的「bandit catchers」，主要依靠起点处的安检。
Grande在本届马拉松沿线多次与跑者互动。GSM此前报道过她为陌生跑者手写鼓励卡一事，这次与她击掌的跑者却被查出是伪造号码混进赛道的未注册者。
关联：Ariana Grande现身纽约市马拉松沿线：为陌生跑者手写鼓励卡 抽中卡片的跑者正听着她的歌完赛
Influencer Faked a Bib to Sneak Into the NYC Marathon and High-Five Ariana Grande: Number Belonged to a French Banking Executive, and He Is Banned From Next Year's Race
At the New York City Marathon on November 1, a video of a runner high-fiving singer Ariana Grande near the finish line went viral on social media. On November 11, the New York Post reported exclusively that the runner, influencer Mike Clarke, had never officially registered: he made a counterfeit version of French banking executive Nicolas Bourot's No. 4207 bib, jumped into the course and ran the full 26.2 miles. The organizer, New York Road Runners, has banned him from next year's race. Dexerto followed up on November 12 with a report matching the Post's account.
Bourot is the chief security officer of Groupe BPCE, France's second-largest banking group, and a member of the 139-year-old SAM Paris 12 running club. He waited 10 years to gain entry, and his wife and friends surprised him with plane tickets and hotel stays for the trip as a 50th-birthday gift. He finished in 3:23:23, and discovered the theft when he saw photos of Clarke wearing his number in the race's official gallery. He first feared the duplicate bib might have affected his time, then confirmed his result was intact. 'It's not fair for all the runners because it's very hard to get entrance to this marathon. I waited for 10 years before I was able to. Every year I try, I try, I try,' he told the Post.
Clarke admitted in a since-deleted YouTube video that he 'wasn't officially registered.' He told the Post he picked the number because of its attachment to a friend who died, who had wanted to run all the world majors and hoped to do New York in 2028, and said he had no idea it belonged to Bourot. He also wrote: 'After race, I received a medal but gave it to a kid afterwards haha!' He refused to apologize: 'At the end of the day they can call it unfair or cheating the system but for me it was to push my limits while running for this goal and have fun while doing it.'
New York Road Runners told the Post it banned Clarke from next year's race after receiving multiple reports of his counterfeit bib. A spokesperson said: 'When individuals fraudulently enter our events, they jeopardize everyone's safety. These acts are egregious and are antithetical to supporting the sport of running and its community.' The Post also noted the organizers have not assigned 'bandit catchers,' the crew that once intercepted unregistered runners, in years, relying instead on security at the start.
Grande interacted with runners along the course throughout this year's marathon. GSM previously reported on the encouragement cards she hand-wrote for strangers; this time, the runner who high-fived her turned out to be an unregistered entrant on a fake bib.
Related: Ariana Grande现身纽约市马拉松沿线：为陌生跑者手写鼓励卡 抽中卡片的跑者正听着她的歌完赛
来源：纽约邮报
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图片来源：资料图：2024年纽约市马拉松男子精英组领先跑者（图源：Wikimedia Commons，Nrbelex摄，CC BY-SA 4.0） | File photo: Elite men's leaders at the 2024 New York City Marathon (Source: Wikimedia Commons, photo by Nrbelex, CC BY-SA 4.0)
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