2:25.59, her personal best and an Australian record. She achieved a seventh place in the New York Marathon in 2002. McCann's best result in international competition came later in 2002 at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom, where she won gold ahead of fellow Australians, Krishna Stanton and Jackie Gallagher. McCann again took a break from competition for the birth of her daughter, before commencing training in late 2003 and returning to competition in 2004, competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing 31st in the marathon. In 2005, she won the 14 kilometre, City to Surf in a time of 46 minutes 27 seconds. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, at the age of thirty-eight, McCann defended her Commonwealth title, winning gold in the marathon in a time of 2:30:54, just two seconds ahead of Kenyan, Hellen Cherono Koskei. The lead changed six times in the final two kilometres of the race, before McCann pulled clear in the final two hundred metres around the athletics track inside the Melbourne Cricket Ground. McCann described the race as "probably the greatest victory I've ever had, or the greatest race I've ever run." In October 2015, Sport Australia Hall of Fame awarded her performance as one of its Great Sporting Moments. Achievements All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise Personal bests 5000 metres: 15:08.69 (2000 - Australian record) 10000 metres 31.55.94 (1999) Half marathon: 1:07.48 (2000 - Australian record) Marathon: 2:25.59 (2000) References External links Kerryn McCann (Hindmarsh) at Australian Athletics Historical Results 1967 births 2008 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Australian female long-distance runners Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Deaths from breast cancer Olympic athletes of Australia People from New South Wales Deaths from cancer in New South Wales Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Australian female marathon runners 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games