Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Egwuregwu Olimpik nke Oge Ezumike nke 2012 bụ nke ugboro abụọ Anuradha Cooray pụtara n'egwuregwu Olimpik mgbe ọ kwụsịrị 30th na
2004 marathon Olympic nke ụmụ nwoke. N'afọ 34, ọ bụ onye kachasị okenye na-anọchite anya Sri Lanka na London Summer Games. Cooray zutere ụkpụrụ ntozu "B" maka Egwuregwu site na ịdekọ oge awa abụọ, nkeji iri na asaa na sekọnd iri ise na 2012 London Marathon. Na-eduga n'egwuregwu Olimpik ọ zụrụ n'obodo England nke Aylesbury na onye nchịkwa Nick Taylor. N'ajụjụ ọnụ ya na "The Sunday Times" tupu Egwuregwu ahụ, Cooray kwuru na ọ maara na ọ ga-abụ ọrụ siri ike ịsọ mpi megide ndị na-agba ọsọ marathon na-eduga n'ụwa mana ọ na-achọ imecha n'ime ọnọdụ iri na ise kacha elu. Ọ gbara asọmpi ahụ n'ụbọchị iri na abụọ nke ọnwa Ọgọstụ, wee mechaa nke iri ise na ise n'ime ndị na-agba ọsọ 85, na oge awa abụọ, nkeji iri abụọ na sekọnd iri anọ na otu. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị Cooray kwuru banyere obi ụtọ ya na Olympics; ọ bụ ezie na ọ katọrọ usoro marathon maka ntụgharị ya dị nkọ, o kwuru na ọ dị mpako maka ihe ọ rụzuru.