GLADYS TEJEDA

Marathon runner Gladys Tejeda, the first Peruvian athlete who qualified for the London Olympic Games, runs during her training in the Andean province of Junin on May 14. A private company will take Gladys' mother Marcelina Pucuhuaranga (69) to London as part of the "Thank you Mom" program. The program will take about 120 mothers of different athletes around the world to attend the games. Tejeda, the youngest of nine children, returned to her hometown to visit her mother and to focus on training where she will run more than 20 km every day in the highlands. (Pilar Olivares/Reuters)