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Mumbai police recruitment drive: Cheats break world record and get caught!
Updated On: 13 March, 2023 07:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Two friends take turn to wear both their chips, which record running time, and properly run only half their target to finish 1,600-metre race in just 3 minutes 42 seconds
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Candidates during a fitness test for police recruitment, at Naigaon police ground, Dadar. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
A few candidates participating in the recruitment drive of the Mumbai police broke the world record for men in the 1,600-metre race. Baffled, the cops probed and found out that they had cheated. Nikhil Yadav and his friend Vikas Sardar, the first to get caught, exchanged chips that record running time before each lap. Finishing at 3 minutes and 42 seconds, they broke the world record of a Moroccan athlete whose runtime is 3 minutes 43 seconds.
According to World Athletics, the international sports governing body, Hicham El Guerrouj from Morocco holds the world record title among men for completing 1,600-metre run in 3 minutes 43 seconds and 13 milliseconds. In the police recruitment drive, the 1,600-metre race is divided into four laps of 400 metres each. Most candidates take at least 11-12 minutes ideally. However, some candidates completed the race in just 3 minutes 42 seconds, breaking the world record.
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