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- ‘The downhills were hell,’ says runner who finished 78th
The British runner Rose Harvey has revealed she completed the Paris Olympics women’s marathon with a broken leg. Harvey finished 78th in Sunday’s race, recording a time of 2hr 51min 3sec.
“This was far from the Olympics I dreamed of, but still an experience of a lifetime,” Harvey wrote on Instagram, accompanied by a picture of her on crutches after arriving back in the UK.
Written by PA Media
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/13/rose-harvey-broken-leg-marathon-olympic-games-paris-2024 under the title “‘Painful battle’: Rose Harvey completed Olympic marathon with broken leg”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
