2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Race Recap
In a stunning debut marathon, Fiona O’Keeffe of the Puma Elite Running Team in North Carolina won the Olympic Marathon Trials in 2:22:10.Emily Sisson, the American record holder in the marathon, was second in 2:22:42, and Dakotah Lindwurm was third in 2:25:31 in a close-fought battle over the final miles.O’Keeffe, Sisson, and Lindwurm will represent Team USA at the Olympics in August in Paris. All three dipped under the previous Olympic Trials record, 2:25:38, set by Shalane Flanagan in 2012.
Saina pulled suddenly over to the side after the 21-mile mark and lay down in the grass. Her day was done. Hall dropped back to fifth.Lindwurm’s final splits were nothing to brag about. She ran 5:54, 5:44, 6:05 for miles 24 to 26. But she slowed less than everyone around her. At the finish, she held off a hard-charging Jessica McClain in fourth by 15 seconds. Of the three Olympians, Lindwurm is by far the most unlikely. She grew up in St.
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