"Now it's never really first*marathon because it's also a reason I stayed. I spent it for Spinal Research. They did as much as they can on the awareness of spinal injury. And then, eventually there were 14 medals – such ** nice on the cage. It's amazing."

Mrs Lomas's bionic ReWalk suit allows her to walk by detecting shifts in her balance.

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The United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan has warned that the current peace plan for Syria may be the last chance to avoid civil war. He said such conflict couldn't be allowed to happen and its implications would be frightening. Mr Annan was speaking after he briefed the UN Security Council on the situation in Syria. Barbara Plett reports from New York.

联合国特使科菲·安南警告说，目前的叙利亚和平方案可能是避免战争的最后机会。他说不该允许这样的冲突发生，一旦发生后果很可怕。安南就叙利亚局势向联合国安理会做简短汇报后发表这个看法的。Barbara Plett在纽约报道。

The tone of Kofi Annan's comments was bleak. He acknowledged that the government's use of heavy weapons had declined somewhat since the ceasefire declaration, but he said the level of violence remained unacceptable. He tried to sound a note of optimism, saying the presence of the UN military observers had helped to bring calm in places, and the deployment of the full team by the end of the month would make quite a difference. But he suggested that the peace plan might fail, and warned that this could mean full-scale civil war. Western envoys, such as the US ambassador Susan Rice, signal that they do stand ready to seek tougher action at the council, like sanctions; but it's almost certain that Russia and China wouldn't support such moves.