Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2012 yakaratidza kuoneka kwechipiri kwaAnuradha Cooray muMitambo yeOlympic mushure mekuisa 30th pa
Marathon yeVarume yeOlympic ya2004. Pazera remakore makumi matatu nemana, ndiye akanga ari mukwikwidzi akwegura kwazvo kumiririra Sri Lanka paMitambo yeZhizha yeLondon. Cooray akasangana ne "B" mwero wekukodzera mitambo nekurekodha nguva yemaawa maviri, maminetsi gumi nemanomwe nemasekondi makumi mashanu pa2012 London Marathon. Achitungamirira kumaOlympics akadzidzira mutaundi reEngland reAylesbury nomurairidzi Nick Taylor. Mukubvunzurudzwa ne"The Sunday Times" mitambo isati yatanga, Cooray akati aiziva kuti zvaizova basa rakaoma kukwikwidzana nevanomhanya marathon vakakurumbira munyika asi vaida kupedza vari pakati pevanhu gumi nevashanu vokutanga. Akakwikwidza mumutambo uyu musi wa12 Nyamavhuvhu, achipedza ari wechi55 pavatambi 85, aine nguva yemaawa maviri, maminetsi makumi maviri nemasekondi makumi mana nemasere. Pashure pacho Cooray akataura nezvokufarikanya kwake Mitambo yeOlympic; kunyange zvazvo akatsoropodza nhangemutange yemarathon nokuda kwokushanduka kwayo kwakapinza, akati aizvikudza pamusoro pezvaakawana.