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Jo Pavey: ‘It’s an honour to represent my country’
- Updated: August 4, 2016
Jo Pavey will soon become Britain’s first female track athlete to compete at five Olympic Games and that was one of the reasons the inspirational 42-year-old was considered among the favourites for the role of Team GB flag bearer at tomorrow’s opening ceremony in Rio.
That honour has been handed to tennis star Andy Murray, but the discussion did lead many fans to voice further support for Pavey on social media, highlighting her achievements and the impact the long-distance runner has had on the sport.
The ever-gracious Pavey, who made her Olympic debut in Sydney in 2000 and is currently at a preparation camp in Belo Horizonte, is characteristically modest when this is mentioned to her.
“Andy Murray is someone I greatly admire, he is absolutely amazing,” says the 2004 Olympic fifth-placer, who stormed further into the spotlight in 2014 when, aged 40, she won European 10,000m gold just 10 days after battling to a brilliant Commonwealth 5000m bronze. “Obviously he has won the Olympics, he has won Wimbledon twice and I can’t think of a better person. I think that’s brilliant.
“It would be an honour for me to be mentioned in that light!” she adds on hearing that her name had been among those …
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