The athlete intended to spend Sunday running the London Marathon but will be on a Covid-19 ward helping patients
Eleanor Davis had intended to spend Sunday on a 42,000-step journey towards Team GB’s squad for the 2020 Olympics. Instead, at 8.55am, when the London Marathon elite women’s race was due to start, Davis will be on a Covid-19 ward saving lives. “It’s gutting that the race has been cancelled,” says Davis, a doctor at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport. “But there are more important things going on.”
In December, the 31-year-old put years of injury niggles behind her by running a 2hr 33min marathon in Valencia – putting her in the UK’s top 10 last year – and believed she was on course to go under 2:30 in London. That would have given her a live shot at securing one of the three places for Tokyo. But when the virus spread, she volunteered for extra shifts and put her ambitions on hold.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/25/olympic-athletics-hopeful-eleanor-davis-puts-tokyo-ambition-on-hold-to-save-lives under the title “Olympic hopeful Eleanor Davis puts Tokyo ambition on hold to save lives”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
