A running influencer from Texas has been disqualified from the New York City Marathon and banned from future New York City running events after he ran part of the course with people on e-bikes filming him. Matthew Choi, of Austin, was disqualified from the 2024 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday and removed from the results, New York Road Runners said in a statement. And with the New York City Marathon being about everyone else, and about the community, I made it about myself. He said he got an email from New York Road Runners on Monday night about his disqualification and lifetime ban. On Monday he had shared an Instagram reel showing himself running along the NYC marathon path.

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