Managed to continue to the capital (7)
I believe the answer is:
rangoon
'the capital' is the definition.
(Rangoon is an example)
'managed to continue' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to continue' becomes 'go on' ('go on' can be a synonym of 'continue').
'ran'+'goon'='RANGOON'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for rangoon that I've seen before include "old Asian city" , "Former Burmese capital" , "Alternative name for Yangon" , "Burma's capital" , "Former name of the capital of Myanmar" .)