From Choon Chiang
Yes, I just read about it in the club an hour ago. This is the only gold medal won by China in the Berlin Games and also the first time China won a gold medal for marathon. She broke away from the others in the last 2km to win the race. The time of 2 hrs 25 mins 15 sec by Bai Xue was only 10 sec faster than that of the Japanese woman beaten into second place and 17 seconds faster than bronze winner from Ethopian who clocked 2 hrs 25 mins 32 sec.
For someone who started running marathon at the age of 14, this 20 year old woman is looking forwards to winning the marathon in the 2012 London Olympics
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