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Illustration for the riddle “First Woman Home”

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First Woman Home

An unknown runner crosses the line first among the women at the city marathon. She started with everyone else, wore her own number the whole way, and thousands saw her finish. Two hours later, without a single witness against her, the organisers take her medal back. How do they know?

The solution

Uncover this answer in Post Mortem. In the app, the narrator answers your questions as you piece together the story.

Available on Google Play and the App Store.

Where do you start?

Read the scene again and separate the facts from your assumptions. With a narrator who knows the answer, ask one question at a time. They answer yes, no or irrelevant.