Tommy Fury has been accused of lying about his 100km triathlon after data emerged seemingly showing he ‘did not finish’ despite his celebrations with Molly-Mae Hague.
The younger brother of former heavyweight boxing world champion Tyson Fury, ran his first triathlon along the French Riviera last weekend and took to social media to declare he had ‘left it all’ there, having had just 10 days of training.
The gruelling course consists of three stages: a 2km swim, an 80km bike leg and finally an 18km run to the finish line. Fury had caused a buzz ahead of the event, and the video of him crossing the line has been liked over 250,000 times on Instagram.
According to Marathon Investigation, it was reported Wednesday that Fury did not actually finish the event, pointing to his bike splits, which showed he was not logged beyond the 48km point.
These splits were recorded every 6km along the route.
In fact, searching for Fury’s official time on the Sportstats website will reveal a large DNF next to his name, making him one of 93 athletes not to have completed the route.
More investigation from tri247.com found that road closures had been shortened because the bike course for the amateurs had been changed since the event was first announced. The amateur groups were tasked with six laps of around 13km.
