MOST spectators at the marathon finish in Rio will have been bemused by Alyson Dixon’s ‘Borini’ celebration as she crossed the line, but the Sunderland Strollers athlete was determined to put her city on the map.
As at the Great North Run (left), Alyson Dixon finished with a ‘Borini’ in Rio
MARK SHEARMAN
“It was National Mackem Day on Friday,” she said, referring to the nickname given to people from Sunderland, “and I finished with the ‘Borini’ again.”