Wales rugby hero Allan Bateman has completed the Cardiff Half Marathon in memory of his daughter Naomi. The former centre crossed the finish line in the city centre along with Naomi’s friends with T-shirts bearing her name to raise money for Tenovus cancer charity.
She passed away at 34 after a brave battle with triple-negative breast cancer – an aggressive, fast-growing type of the disease. The dual-code international previously said he would take part in the race to raise money for cancer research, and to raise awareness of triple-negative breast cancer and put his daughter’s name “where people would see”.
Bateman looked emotional as he hugged Naomi’s loved ones who completed the 13.1-mile race alongside him as he crossed the finish line with a time of 2:15:40. Full story here.
