(PCM) Many have heard about the free bleeding marathon runner who ran a recent race sans tampon in an effort to fight menstruation about sexism and to raise awareness for those women who can’t afford tampons, but has anyone even mentioned that actual winner of the marathon?
An incredible athlete by the name of Tigist Tufa is the actual winner of the marathon and certainly deserves some due praise for winning the London marathon. Tufa ran 26.2 miles in only 2 hours and 23 minutes which is an absolutely epic feat and according to her is even faster than some people could travel on a bike.
But is anyone reaching out to speak with Tufa about her amazing accomplishment? Sadly, the answer is no, due to the fact that majority of the media is focused on the free bleeding no tampon runner, Kiran Ghandi and her mission despite the fact that she did terribly in the marathon finishing in 4 hours and 49 minutes. That is more than double the time of the Tufa, the winner!
Tufa says that so far the only article about her on the internet is a feature for RunnersWorld.com and Ghandi is trending all over the place online. Tufa says that she feels her accomplishment by winning the marathon is such an epic time fights against sexism in its’ own way, as her distance and run time was faster than literally hundreds of male athletes. She also feels that she could raise awareness for important causes too if actually given the chance. She said ” I think it would carry a little bit more weight because I earned a platform to speak by accomplishing a feat of athleticism few human beings are capable of accomplishing.”
We feel that Tufa certainly deserves some recognition and the focus should definitely be about her amazing athleticism during the marathon and less about whether or not she happened to train with no tampon girl.