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Deena Drossin, who ran to a sensational bronze medal in the Olympic Marathon,
explained what happened after her triumph during a press conference in Athens.
“I went to a small village with my family – I have no idea where I
was, sorry I can not tell you. We went to a very nice restaurant to celebrate
my medal and had a great Greek dinner. When I entered the restaurant I got
standing ovations”, Deena Drossin recalled. She had won the first US
marathon medal in the Olympics since Joan Benoit’s golden triumph in
1984.
“I felt like a rock star, photographers were arriving. Obviously
everyone had watched the marathon on TV and they all knew who I was”,
Deena Drossin, who had broken Joan Benoit’s US record in last
year’s London Marathon with a time of 2:21:16, said. “The owner of
the restaurant congratulated me and put a couple of bottles of wine on our
table.”