A pastry chef who stunned Singapore marathon organisers by being the first local runner across the finish line admitted he cheated — and has been doing so for years, a report said Thursday.
Father-of-one Tam Chua Puh, 43, caused consternation when he finished Sunday's race several minutes ahead of Singapore's finest distance athletes in a time of 2 hours and 46 minutes.
However, Tam admitted he had run only six kilometres (3.7 miles) of the 42-kilometre race before giving up due to knee pain and taking a short cut straight to the finish line.