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Natasha Argent To Return London Marathon Medal After Cheating Accusations

The younger sister of TOWIE’s James Argent will be handing back her London Marathon medal and has also requested her results be wiped from the official website following claims she had cheated.

Previously Natasha Argent had claimed to have completed the 40km race in just under four hours - a feat even a professional athlete would find a challenge.

But eagle-eyed fans noticed that she failed to check in after the 20km mark then miraculously completed the final 20k in just 39 minutes.

This would make her faster than Mo Farah.

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After a fellow runner also spotted Natasha ducking under a barrier and ‘running the other way’, London Marathon Event Director Hugh Brasher has revealed to Yahoo Celeb that she asked to have her time removed from the leader board.

Her medal will also be retracted.

His statement in full said: “Our results team has been in touch with Natasha Argent, along with a small number of other runners, to request an explanation for the missing split times in her results from Sunday’s Virgin Money London Marathon.

“At her request, we have removed her results from the system and she will be returning her finisher¹s medal to us.”

While it is possible there was a technical glitch with the system, the organisation is still launching an investigation.

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Natasha Argent on Instagram

She was outed by a man wearing a giant shoe costume, pictured below, who is now on a mission to stamp out the injustice he witnessed.

Tom Winkler told the Sun: "When is she going to admit that she cheated and let everyone down?“

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TomsMarathons2016 Twitter

Tom – who raised money for Cancer Research Uk – wasn’t the only eagle eyed person to provide evidence that led to Natasha’s disgrace, as London Marathon enthusiasts also spotted inaccuracies in her online race sheet, below.

Natasha entered a time of 03:44:20 on Sunday afternoon and claimed she finished the final 20k in just 29 minutes, after missing 11 of the checkpoints.

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Natasha – who looked for love as a contestant on dating Take Me Out - was running for London Youth but has since deleted snaps celebrating her efforts from her social media accounts.

TOWIE’S James little sister was running to raise money for London Youth, a charity which ‘supports and challenges young people to become the best they can be’, and they later tweeted that they were ‘aware of the allegations against a #LondonMarathon runner re chip discrepancies & have notified #VMLM2016 who are looking into it’.