A Bad run is not the End of the World

WITH 42.145km down and just 50 metres away from a silver medal, Sumiko Tan collapsed to her knees, struggled but failed to get up, and was eventually stretchered off by medics.

Barring the collapse, the physical education teacher, 25, would have finished second in the Singapore women's category at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore two Sundays ago. She would have posted a personal best 3hr 21min and be $5,000 richer. She would not have ended up with skinned knees and a chipped tooth.