'Marathon Man' achieves ambition

Canadian shows support for female runners in controversial race after recovering from serious illness

Crossing the finish line of Afghanistan's Bamiyan marathon, hand in hand with a young female runner from the country, Canada's famed "Marathon Man" felt a double victory.

Just a year earlier, Martin Parnell had been diagnosed with a blood clot on the brain. Doctors put him in a coma to save his life, and it was unclear if he would ever run again.