MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A spokesperson for the Journal Sentinel Milwaukee Marathon said all of the medals given to marathon runners on April 11 had a misspelling.
You can see ‘marthon’ was spelled without a second ‘a’ on the back of the medals.
“A letter clearly went missing somewhere between the start and the finish line of production, making these medals unintended collector’s editions,” a Journal Sentinel Milwaukee Marathon spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said the medals will not be reissued with a correction.
Ana Andrade completed the marathon on Saturday and earned one of the medals. The five-time marathon finisher said she felt bad for people who may have been receiving the medal as part of their first marathon. However, she smiled when she saw the mistake.
“At first I was wondering if maybe they did it to get people to talk about it," Andrade said. “It’s just funny, I’ve never seen this before at previous marathons.”
More than 4,000 people ran in the Journal Sentinel Milwaukee Marathon and half marathon on Saturday.