The South African ultra-distance star made history on Sunday when she set a new national marathon record of two hours, 25 minutes and 28 seconds at the Xiamen Marathon and Tuscany Elite Camp Global Elite Race in Siena, Italy.
Steyn had come close to the SA marathon record last year, when she finished seventh at the London Marathon in 2:26.51 – a time that she lists in her Twitter bio. Steyn and fellow SA runner Irvette van Zyl – who also qualified for the Olympics in Sunday’s race with a time of 2:28.40 – were initially set to compete in the Hamburg Marathon this weekend, which was then postponed.
“It was touch and go, but I am just glad that everything has worked out, and I can actually mentally prepare and focus just on the race now.”
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