‘The most amazing person’: De Rozario hails hero Sauvage after marathon glory | tomdecent
Before the Tokyo Paralympics began, Australia’s new marathon champion Madison de Rozario was grappling with the fear that she might never quite make it.
The 27-year-old won by only a second. Over 42.195 kilometres, nearly 100 minutes of agony while zig-zagging around the city of Tokyo and into the main stadium, de Rozario pipped Switzerland’s Manuela Schaer at the line by the smallest of margins to cement her place in Paralympic history.With 500 metres to go, Sauvage could barely watch from her vantage point in the stands. Her words from before the Games rang in de Rozario’s head, as the Australian star maintained her lead in the dying stages.
But Sauvage, who was driven around two days earlier for a course inspection and took forensic notes like a senior detective, gave de Rozario specific instructions that this marathon would be won at the 38-kilometre mark on a big hill.Jaryd Clifford collapses after his marathon and is assisted by his guide Tim Logan.“Every part of you hurts and every part of you wants to stop,” de Rozario said. “I’m all over the place.
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