Cenk Uygur
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Kenyan Marathon Runner's Body Quits But She Doesn't
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February 19, 2015
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2:44Now Playing"Kenyan marathon runner Hyvon Ngetich, 29, was on her way to winning the Austin Marathon on Sunday when her body began to break down. With two-tenths of a mile ago, she collapsed.
Unable to walk, much less run, Ngetich was offered a wheelchair by the surrounding medical staff. But Ngetich declined and began to crawl on all fours, finishing third in the race.
Austin Marathon race director John Conley, who increased Ngetich’s prize money to that of a second-place finisher, called Ngetich “the toughest person on the planet.”
"You ran the bravest race and crawled the bravest crawl I have ever seen in my life,” he told her. “You have earned much honor.”
In the medical tent, Ngetich was found to have dangerously low levels of blood sugarin her body, according to Conley. She later told BBC World Service Radio that she has no memory of the finish."
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