Six runners were never going to fit into the three places Australia had available for the women’s marathon in the Paris, and heartache was inevitable ... for all concerned.
Six would never fit into three. In choosing who would miss Australia’s women’s marathon team for Paris, athletics bosses had the three runners they ultimately chose stressing that they would be a late casualty.
Weightman had run a quicker time in the qualifying period than Stenson, but times alone are less consequential for selectors in the marathon compared to other disciplines because of variations in courses run, and the conditions on the day. Izzi Batt-Doyle and Eloise Wellings also qualified for selection, but it was Weightman who appealed and then considered court action to challenge for a place on the team, which delayed the formal announcement of the team.
She switched to the long-form event after rupturing both her Achilles tendons and collapsing while competing in the steeplechase at the Tokyo Olympics, a moment of despair that resulted in her being taken from the track in a wheelchair. Genevieve Gregson ruptured her Achilles tendon and needed assistance to leave the arena when she competed in the steeplechase at the Tokyo Olympics.Her late-career switch to the marathon even has her looking well beyond Paris, with hopes of competing at both LA and then the Brisbane, which would make her a six-time Olympian.
“It wasn’t a given – just because I had the quickest time – that I’d be on the team, and I certainly didn’t feel, that I deserved it more than the other girls.
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