Some very exciting news to announce this morning - Olympic and Commonwealth Judo silver medallist Gemma Gibbons will be officially starting the inaugural Scottish Half Marathon! Olympic silver medallist Gemma Gibbons, 27, stunned the world when she won a surprise medal at London 2012 and delivered a world class performance at Glasgow 2014 to secure her second silver medal. She is now set to officially mark the start for the UK’s newest running event which is set to become an exciting new part of the running calendar. Kathryn Hurrell from the Sports Team at Cancer Research UK notes, “We are thrilled to be the Official Charity and cannot wait to join Gemma, one of our Cancer Research UK Sports Ambassadors, at the start line of the first ever Scottish Half Marathon! Gemma is a huge inspiration to so many and I am sure will offer that last minute boost of support to all those taking part in this brand new running event. With her recent success at the Commonwealth Games in Scotland, Gemma is sure to have some encouraging words of wisdom for all of our runners so make sure to join our team before the deadline on Wednesday!” For more info visit scottishhalfmarathon/?news
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:00:00 +0000
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