{"id":649865,"date":"2026-11-03T15:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/649865\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:12:12","slug":"auckland-marathon-opportunity-leader-qiulae-wong-offers-to-forfeit-11km-result-after-late-entry-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/649865\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland Marathon: Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong offers to forfeit 11km result after late entry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong has asked organisers to forfeit her run time in the Auckland Marathon after competing with someone else\u2019s bib.<\/p>\n

Wong recorded a time of 1h 1m 29s in the 11km race, placing the bib 503rd out of 4590 competitors.<\/p>\n

However, social media users began questioning why the bib number Wong was wearing, 35013, appeared in the official race results under another person\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

\"The
The Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong completes the 11km run during the 2026 Auckland Marathon. Photo \/ Dean Purcell<\/p>\n

It also showed the person was in the 20-24 age group. Wong is 38.<\/p>\n

An Opportunity spokesperson said Wong purchased the entry from a competitor who was unable to participate.<\/p>\n

At first, a spokesperson for the party told the Herald that Wong had been cleared to run with the bib, but now the party leader has offered to forfeit the run time.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter learning of Runaway Auckland Marathon\u2019s terms and conditions, I acknowledge that a name transfer was not completed before the cut-off time,\u201d Wong told the Herald.<\/p>\n

\u201cI offered to have my result disqualified and accept that it is an appropriate outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

The woman to whom the bib was originally registered also confirmed the arrangement in a Facebook comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was unwell before the 11km and Qiulae kindly bought my ticket. I can confirm that Qiulae ran the 11km race and I\u2019m so stoked to see how well she did.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Auckland Marathon\u2019s 11km Traverse had an advertised entry fee of $157.<\/p>\n

\"Qiulae
Qiulae Wong completed the 11km event in just over an hour. Photo \/ Dean Purcell<\/p>\n

An Opportunity spokesperson said race officials were told Wong was using an entry transferred from another runner after the deadline for changing registration details and they approved her participation.<\/p>\n

\u201cQiulae received her registration by transfer from another competitor after the date that it was possible to change the registration to her name. Race officials were informed and they were happy for Qiulae to run,\u201d a party spokesperson told the Herald.<\/p>\n

Auckland Marathon has been contacted multiple times for comment but has not responded.<\/p>\n

Wong completed Sunday\u2019s 11km Traverse across the Auckland Harbour Bridge and described it as \u201cepic\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cCouldn\u2019t quite train for the half or full with all the campaigning but it was great to participate in this awesome event,\u201d she wrote in the caption of an Instagram video showing clips of her running.<\/p>\n

The Opportunity Party shared an image of Wong giving two thumbs up after crossing the finish line, saying she \u201csmashed it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Wong is no stranger to running, having completed 15 parkrun events, including 12 at Auckland\u2019s \u014cwairaka course, where she recorded a personal best of 24 minutes and 21 seconds over 5km in April last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong has asked organisers to forfeit her run time in the Auckland Marathon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[318431,252543,111,139,69,135,318432,213],"class_list":["post-649865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-aucklandmarathon","tag-election2026","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-politics","tag-qiulaewong","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}