Yuzriq Meyer: Running’s Biggest Fraud?

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Yurziq Meyer had been obese for most of his adult life. According to his social media accounts, Meyer started the year weighing 115kg and dropped almost 50kg in seven short months to currently tip the scales at 68kg.

Meyer has used his weight loss journey to propel his social media popularity.

He originally claimed that his radical weight loss is due to regular workouts, increasing daily step counts, running, cleaner eating, lifestyle changes and consistent adherence to his health goals. He also claims to have run the Two Oceans ultra and half marathons on consecutive days and followed this up with a very public Cape Town Marathon finish in May. He has the medals hanging on the walls at home to proudly show off his accomplishments.

But just like Yuzriq Meyer in January, this is all one big, fat lie. As unpleasant as it is to look at, it’s time that the naked truth about running’s biggest fraud is thoroughly examined. His running claims are a blatant litany of lies. These days he also freely admits to using retatrudtide and heavily markets these untested, unapproved drugs to his social media followers.

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Athletics Free State General Manager bust cheating at Two Oceans (A rapist’s best friend)

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Kagiso Moletsane is the general manager of Athletics Free State. It is alleged that he was appointed into this position irregularly by Steven Swarts. Steven Swarts is a convicted rapist. It is alleged that Moletsane has returned the favour by protecting his rapist friend from sanctions and providing him with coaching opportunities in the province. It doesn’t get much sicker and more sordid than this.

Oh, and Moletsane also cheated to get to the start line of this year’s Two Oceans ultra marathon.

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Must Loathe Rules (When run crews go delinquent)

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The Streisand Effect refers to the phenomenon where an attempt to suppress, hide, or censor information ends up drawing far more attention to it instead.

The term originates from a 2003 incident involving singer and actress Barbra Streisand, who sued a photographer and website for publishing an aerial photo of her Malibu home. Before the lawsuit, the image had attracted virtually no public interest. After legal action was taken, news of the lawsuit spread widely—and so did the photo. What was meant to erase the image instead amplified it.

When I published the initial BrahGate article outing Luke “7th placed lady” Jacobs as a bib bandit I had no knowledge as to who the Must Love Hills run crew were, any of their members or even that Luke Jacobs ran for them. In the original version of the article I made no reference to run crews at all and no names other than that of Luke Jacobs were mentioned.  

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First Bib Bandit Bust by AI (and the man who built the tool)

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This currently unidentified man running in Nicke van Wyk’s 2026 Two Oceans half marathon race number is officially the first person to be bust by AI for bib banditting. I have contacted van Wyk to let her know about her ‘world first’ but have not received a response at the time of writing. I would of course like to get the name of the man who is running in her number as well.

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Doubling Down on Integrity: A Question for Kendra Stewart

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They say a picture says a thousand words. Here’s exactly one thousand words explaining how this photo of an unnamed female bib bandit in Must Love Hills kit is relevant for integrity, ethics and morals.

A picture that deserves one thousand words (if anyone has the identity of the bandit running in B65036 please let me know). Update: Bandit identified as Adele van Aswegen.

The timing chip from #65036 has been removed. Whether this is sensible or devious is debatable but at least this bandit won’t compromise the official results and ship’s log. Removing the timing chip does however indicate premeditation and that the bandit and bib provider knew what they were doing was wrong.

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Two Oceans Cheating: Wife Swapping & Bad Seeds

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Whilst there has been a lot of focus on bib banditting, I recently received tip offs from multiple people about bib swapping for the purpose of qualification cheating. Interestingly they were from the same Pretoria-based club, Zwakala Athletics Club.

In this case, I am pleased to report that all parties admitted their deceit and the club itself has been 100% forthright – and took immediate and appropriate action.

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The Running Moan: Why Bib Banditting is Wrong

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As I write this (wearing my Running Mann hat) I can tell you (wearing my board hat) that there are 91 reported cases of bib banditting in the Two Oceans half marathon and four in the ultra marathon. I am sure that there are some more that haven’t been uncovered – yet – but the overall number is likely somewhere between 100 and 200.

This is still a tiny fraction of the overall field. Most people follow the rules and abhor those that don’t. If you banditted you are in the minority. This is not a case where everyone is doing it. There will always be one or two people who “didn’t know I was doing anything wrong” but the majority of those who banditted (and those who defend the bandits) are consciously delinquent. 

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Good Hope DJ & former Stormer is latest BrahGate Bandit

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I had several reports of sightings of Good Hope FM DJ and former Stormers centre on the Two Oceans half marathon route but he was mysteriously missing from the results. Thanks to some sleuthing from readers we have the big Scooby Doo Doo reveal…

Well known personality, Morgan Newman, was spotted on the 2026 Two Oceans half marathon route but was mysteriously missing from the results.
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Karin-Mari’s Story (How Two Morons Stole her Special Moment)

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[Sunday 12 April, 07:39, University of Cape Town, Finish Line].

There is just one gold medal remaining at the 2026 Two Oceans Marathon. Twenty were handed out at Saturday’s ultra and 19 have been claimed so far at the half marathon. Who will claim the 10th placed ladies’ position?

Two Oceans hosts the country’s largest, richest and most prestigious half marathon. It attracts a strong international field. All of today’s medals have been won by professional athletes – most of them from other countries. But then there’s a surprise. Instead of yet another purple Hollywood or green Nedbank vest adding to their weekend’s medal tally, a diminutive figure in the black and white of Jeppe Athletic Club rounds the corner and hits the finish straight.

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