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SCOOP Olympic Update, Sunday, 24 Sept, 2000
SCOOP Olympic Update, Sunday, 24 Sept, 2000
Article:
Mathew Loh
IN the greatest women's marathon in Olympic history Japan's Naoko Takahasi revealed incredible endurane to shatter the games record to win gold with the 14th ever fastest time of 2hrs 23 mins 14 secs.
Making the race even more exceptional was the fact that Romanian runner Lidia Simon managed to finish only 40 metres behind Takahasi to take silver in another record-breaking time. Joyce Chepchuma also ran an superb race to remarkably win Kenya's first ever women's marathon medal.
But the hero of the
morning was without doubt the diminutive Japanese runner,
Takahasi.
Olympic marathon courses are traditionally
far tougher than both the famous and the typical courses and
Sydney's course was no different. Fast times are just run in
Olympic marathons.
Takahasi must never have heard that
theory as she it banished it forever with a phenomenal
performances which had veteran commentator Brendan Telfer
and NZ IOC president and Olympic medalist John Davies almost
speechless with wonder after using almost every superlative
in the English vocabulary to describe her fantastic gold
medal
run.
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