Marathon Fraud's Major Shortcut

Greatest Sports Frauds:
1. Anthony Gaskell: Anthony Gaskell's time in the recent London Marathon seemed too good to be true, probably because it was a big fake. The 69-year-old Gaskell took a 10-mile shortcut in the middle of the course to finish with what at the time was a record for his age group. He joins a long list of sports' great frauds and hoaxsters.
2. Rosie Ruiz: Rosie Ruiz was hailed as the surprise winner of the 1980 Boston Marathon ... for about five seconds. Suspicions were raised immediately and it was soon learned that she had ridden the subway, got off near the finish line and run the rest of the way.
3. Ben Johnson: Ben Johnson quickly went from 'The Fastest Man Alive' to one of the biggest villains in sports history when he was busted for using steroids after he had won gold in the 100 meters at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
4. Simonya Popova: The emergence of tennis starlets, like Anna Kournikova, who were known more for their looks than their talent inspired Sports Illustrated in 2002 to run a profile of the fictitious Simonya Popova, complete with a computer-generated picture.
5. 2002 Winter Olympics skating judges: Canada's Jamie Sale and David Pelletier (right) had clearly earned the gold for pair skating, only to see their Russian counterparts get the top prize. The French judge later admitted being pressured to vote for the Russians and Sale and Pelletier were awarded gold medals. A Russian mobster was implicated in the fix.
6. Dave Bresnahan: Minor league catcher Dave Bresnahan thought it would be funny to find out what would happen if he threw a potato into the outfield in order to dupe a baserunner, and then tag out the poor fellow with the real ball. He did just that during a game and everyone laughed, but he got ejected.
7. Danny Almonte: Pitching phenom Danny Almonte seemed older than 12 as he mowed down hitters at the 2001 Little League World Series. That's because he was. Documents later proved that he was actually 14.
8. Diego Maradona: Soccer legend Diego Maradona scored the winning goal for Argentina vs. England in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals, but replays showed that he had actually batted the ball in illegally with his hand. Maradona later quipped that it was 'the hand of God' at work.
9. Sidd Finch: Sports Illustrated first got in on the hoax game back in 1985 when it reported on the Mets' sensational new pitcher, Sidd Finch, who could reportedly throw the ball 168 mph. Careful readers noted that the issue date was April 1.
10. Marion Jones: Marion Jones, who won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics, was singled out as 'one of the biggest frauds in sporting history' by the head of international track athletics after she admitted using steroids.
11. Guerdwich Montimere: It turns out that the guy on the right isn't 16-year-old prep phenom Jerry Joseph but instead 22-year-old Haitian immigrant Guerdwich Montimere.