The 38-year-old booked her place in the marathon after achieving the qualifying time with a third-placed finish in September’s Berlin Marathon, her first full-distance event since November 2009 after she took a 19-month break to have her second child.
The marathon world record holder is desperate to arrive fully fit at an Olympic Games after she she ended down in 23rd place., external
“Most importantly I think is to be able to get to that start line 100% healthy and able to give it my best shot on the day,” she said.
“That’s what I feel I haven’t been able to do in the last two [Olympics] and I really just want that chance.
“I hope that’s good enough to win a medal, win the race – I think it can be on the right day.”
She made her comeback in May last year at the London 10,000m race,, external where she came third, but she has had a series of health problems which have included a torn disc in her back, an overactive thyroid gland and tendonitis.
Since securing Olympic selection, she has raced just once in a 10km road race in December and her first race of 2012 will be a half marathon in Vienna next week.
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