Former Australian Olympian running Twin Cities 10-mile to help others with Celiac disease

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — When runners take their mark at the Twin Cities Marathon, a former Australian Olympian will be racing along for the 10-mile. While that is not unusual, her reason for traveling here, is.

Krishna Stanton’s first memory of running is when she was 10 years old. The young girl spent her time on the track. Years later she would win a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport and that’s when things really took off for her.

"1992 Barcelona Olympics was the last time the 3,000 m was run for women, so I competed in the track there - 99% humidity. It was a wonderful experience, but it's one day in four years that you have to get everything right, so it wasn't the best that I would have said I've ever run, but, you know, once an Olympian, always an Olympian, I'm told,”