The women's marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on the Olympic marathon street course on 5 August.
A group of runners in the marathon, including eventual winner Tiki Gelana (leftmost green shirt).
Valeria Straneo
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Valeria Straneo is an Italian long-distance runner, winner of the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and Italian record holder in the marathon.
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon
…Instead it was a large pack of runners, at times forming a wall across the streets. The pack slowly whittled itself down by 12 km; the ever-present Valeria Straneo emerged to take the point position on the front. Over the next several kilometres, as the rain subsided, Xiaolin Zhu emerged as Straneo's shadow through…
Straneo competing at 2015 European 10,000m Cup