'Obviously it's disturbing.' 👀🏃
"Obviously it's disturbing to see that sort of footage, and I'm disturbed looking back at it," he said today."I can't imagine what they [friends and family] were feeling, watching me over those last 100 metres," he said.
Tiernan had stayed with the leaders for the vast majority of the race before stumbling and collapsing in the final moments. "Then when I hit the deck with about 180 metres to go I thought 'I've really gotta pull myself together here just to get across the line'.
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