A 70-year-old marathoner accused of cheating committed suicide: the coroner

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "The 70-year-old runner found in the Los Angeles River some days after his Los Angeles marathon disqualification, he died by suicide, & nbsp;the authorities announced Monday. "Data-reactid =" 22 "> The 70-year-old rider found in the Los Angeles River a few days after his disqualification from L.A. Marathon died by suicide, officials said Monday.

Frank Meza died of multiple traumatic injuries by blunt force, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, and his death was a suicide.

<p class = "web-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Meza finished the Los Angeles marathon in record time in March, but following investigations he was disqualified on July 3rd. Two days later, the native of South Pasadena & nbsp;was found dead in the Los Angeles River. "data-reactid =" 24 "> Meza completed the L.A. marathon in March, but after investigation he was disqualified on July 3. Two days later, the South Pasadena native was found dead in Los Angeles.

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Meza scored the fasted time in the L.A. marathon history for her age group with a time of 2:53:10. Dan Adams was the next closest to the 70-74 age group at 4:10:07.

The marathon groups investigated and determined that Meza had cheated, a finding also found by LA officials Marathon. They determined with the help of a video clip that he had left the course and entered another place, deciding to disqualify him on 2 July.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Meza, doctor and assistant track coach in high school, has declared that he left the course to go to the washroom, but without cheating, and was also accused of cheating at least two marathons, & nbsp;by profile of Los Angeles Times last month. He was banned from the California International Marathon, & nbsp;by the Times. "data-reactid =" 28 "> Meza, a doctor and assistant coach on the high school track, said he left the course to go to the washroom, but without cheating and last month he was banned from the California International Marathon according to the Los Angeles Times.

<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "His wife defended him after the disqualification, the saying was "all the lies made. "The growing attention had adverse consequences on Meza immediately afterwards. He told The Times last month during investigations that running was "supposed to be fun. Obviously, it's not fun anymore. "" Data-reactid = "29"> His wife defended him after the disqualification, claiming it was "fabricated lies". Increasing attention dealt a blow to Meza immediately afterwards. Last month, during the surveys, running was "supposed to be fun, obviously it's no longer fun."

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