We wrote a piece on how the photo Nike sent out to news outlets for Eliud Kipchoge's 2:00:25 wasn't real as it photoshopped his 2:00:25 official time onto the clock which showed 2:00:23 when he crossed the line.
Article here:
Some of you didn't care or thought this was a common occurrence. I then said I'd buy a free pair of Nike Pegasus shoes to the first person who sent me an example of a race doing this.
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&thread=8196816&id=8197454#8197454
No one in this thread presented proof of a race doing it, but message board poster Kris Kringle did one better, he presented an example of LetsRun.com using a fake photo.
Turns out this photo of the Boston Marathon finish from the historic 2:03:02 run in 2011 is fake as well.
http://cdn.letsrun.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Mutai_GeoffreyFHH_BostonM11.jpg
We used that photo in our race recap and on our homepage and I'm sure have used it since.
Check out what the finishline really looked like:
http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/115th+Boston+Marathon+0PbExhqJv62l.jpg
We contacted photographer Victah Sailer, whose photorun service, gave us that photo. He admitted to altering the time on the clock saying that he has advised races to start their clocks a second early since finishing times get rounded up. We told him altering the time on the clock is not an acceptable practice for photos on LetsRun.com and have removed the photo from our article and homepage the day after Boston and updated our photo galleries to denote the photo wasn't real.
And we are going to give the pair of Nike Pegasus to Kris Kringle.
The Pegasus is on sale from our partner Running Warehouse for $87.88 if you want a pair for yourself.