Good news for religious marathon runner Bracha (Betty) Deutsch, after the World Athletics Federation announced today (Sunday), that the women's marathon at the Paris 2024 Olympics has been postponed and will be held on August 11 in two years.
In fact, this will be the first time that the women's marathon will close the athletics events at the Olympic Games, the first time since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, after all the last years, the honor was given to men.
As you may remember, before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which were postponed a year due to the corona virus, it was decided to make changes to the schedules, when the grueling run was scheduled for Saturday, which prevented Deutsch's participation.
Following this, at the same time, Deutsch uploaded an emotional post and wrote about missing the games: "I felt as if I had been punched in the stomach, I found out that the date of the Olympic marathon had been moved to Saturday. When I decided to set myself the Olympic marathon as a goal, the first thing was to make sure that the date did not fall on a Saturday." .
She also said: "Actually, just recently I was asked in an interview what religious challenges I face and I almost laughed at my thought, because there weren't many. I answered that running is very compatible with my religious lifestyle. But now suddenly things got complicated. The Olympic dream suddenly seemed far away, just when I At the height of the huge investment to get there. What will happen if after all the way I can't participate?"
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