simon young, ukrainian runner who fled a country last month has won the jerusalem marathon. valentina veronica left ukraine with her 11 year old dog daughter while her husband was also her coach. stay behind. she told the w that fans back home had urge her to run a piece. just a few weeks ago, valentine of the red skirt was fleeing for her life. now the ukrainian marathon runner is trying to promote peace around the world, starting with the jerusalem marathon. before the race, she told d w about the support she still has back home. and i got a lot of message from my grand kids here now from ukraine. the osler's from a lot of, from a lot of people from, again, for you know, these are these and a very nice i stick here about it was unusually wet and cold for the start of the jerusalem race. but after the journey she has been on, she just felt relieved to be running again. the race was a mixed event. so she cleverly used male runners as pacesetters in a bid to be the 1st woman to cross the line. she achieved her goal and celebrated with the rainy and ukrainian flags. she hopes to soon be reunited