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 Posted: 06/22/07 - 07:25 Post subject: Gordon's widow tells of husband's agony on Comrade marathon
At last Michael Gordon saw the finish line. For more than six hours, pain had dogged his every step. This was his first Comrades Marathon, his dream, and he was determined to finish it.
But soon after he entered the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban on Sunday, 34-year-old Gordon, a Johannesburg father-of-two, collapsed.
With the cut-off time of 4.30pm looming, other athletes picked him up and carried him 100m and over the line, just three minutes before the deadline.
He had won his bronze medal.
Full story:
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=139&art_id=vn20070618234541117C434531
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