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In the context of the Formula 1 driver deliberately crashing his car at 300+ kmph, some other examples of fraud – with guts:

On April 21, 1980, a 26-year-old New Yorker named Rosie Ruiz crossed the finish line in the Boston Marathon in a zippy 2 hours, 31 minutes and 56 seconds. Then people began to wonder, “Hmm, why isn’t she that sweaty?” Could it be that she joined the race a mere two miles from the finish line? Ms. Ruiz denied wrongdoing, but her medal was awarded to the second-place finisher. Later, evidence surfaced that her time at the 1979 New York marathon was apparently a hoax—she’d spent 17 of the 26.2 miles on the subway.

Five more examples, from rugby, fencing, baseball, basketball and horse-racing.

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