Parents proud of Olympic heroine

Posted on Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

By ahedgehog

Dr Norman Myers

Mara Yamauchi, the Oxford woman who matched the best ever finish for a Briton in the Olympic marathon, was only five when she fell in love with the Games.

Her proud father Norman Myers recalls catching her standing on a coffee table imagining she was receiving an Olympic medal.

Three decades later, while missing out on a medal, she came sixth in the marathon in Beijing on Sunday.

Dr Myers, from Headington, said: “I remember Mara being very young and she was fascinated by the Olympics.

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