O'Keefe, Mantz win US Marathon Trials to reach Paris Olympics
Fiona O'Keefe, making her marathon debut, won the US Olympic Marathon Trials women's title on Saturday to qualify for the Paris Olympics while Conner Mantz took the men's crown.
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Fiona O'Keefe, making her marathon debut, won the US Olympic Marathon Trials women's title on Saturday to qualify for the Paris Olympics while Conner Mantz took the men's crown.
Monti raves how 13 women have the 2:26:50 Olympic standard and is troubled that only 2 men have the 2:08:10 standard. Well, it should be noted that 43 men have run within 11.2% of the men's WR (2:14:15) which is how far 2:26:50 is off the women's WR.
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