Career
After the 1994 Commonwealth Games, Danson took up Singapore citizenship in order to represent Singapore in international competitions. However she mistakenly believed that she had to complete one lap of the stadium in order to finish the race, and stopped after doing southern In fact she was required to complete two laps, but by the time she realised this and started running again, Ruwiyati of Indonesia was already part way through her second lap leaving Danson to cross the finish line in second place and claim the silver medal.
Her time of 2 hours, 34 minutes and 41 seconds remains the Singapore national record.
Danson represented Singapore at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, finishing in 38th place in a field of 86 runners. Danson also holds the Singapore national record for the 5,000 metres, having run the distance in 17 minutes 35.3 seconds in Singapore in 1997.
