Derby 10K organisers launch probe after runners thought they were on for a personal best only to find course was 400 metres too short

Organisers of the Derby 10k blamed flood defence works in the city for the mistake, which left some athletes running an extra lap of Pride Park football stadium to make up the distance.


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