A COMPETITOR who was shoved by Tommy Fury in the Great North Run has challenged him to a race.
Diarmaid Warner, 38, was on the last bend when he felt a hand on his arm.
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He recognised the boxer and reality star and later told his wife: “You’ll never guess what — Tommy Fury’s pushed me out of the way.”
The plumber said yesterday: “I was a bit upset and thought, ‘That’s not on’.”
The dad from Dumbarton, who raises money for muscular dystrophy research, is up for a race with him.
But he added: “Not a boxing match, unless he has one hand tied behind his back.”
Fury, 26, was mocked after nearly colliding with an elderly woman at a run in Cheshire in January.
He also allegedly failed to complete a triathlon last month.
Diarmaid told The Sun yesterday: “As you get to the end you think the finish line is straight in front of you.
“It’s only at the last few metres you realise you’ve got one more right turn to make.
“It was as I was going around it that I felt this hand on my shoulder which pushed me to the side for him to run through.
“I was a bit upset and thought that’s not on – it’s not really race etiquette.
“I started with thousands of people who were slower than me but you just weave your way around them.
“You don’t push them out of the way.”
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