The Bulletin Gold Coast monday,July  4 ,2005

【Guts and glory】

After 8 torrid hours,legless runner was last man standing

HE come dead last behind 12,700　other competitors but with　no legs it's amazing that Tsutomu Shimadukuro finished at all.

 Aimost six hours after Dickson Marwa won the Gold Cost Airport Marathon yesterday,　double amputee Shimabukuro crossed the finish nine with thars in his eyes.

 The gutsy Japanese,who lost his legs in a car crash,said his stumps had ached during the marathon but he never considered giving up.

"I feel super,"he said after finishing.

"I hope to be back next year." 

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