![]() ![]() With the coronavirus outbreak stoking concerns for July’s Tokyo Olympics, Riley said he would be disappointed if the Games were cancelled, but added it’s not “worth risking people’s lives to have a sporting event”.Ībdirahman agreed but said he believed “for them to cancel the Olympics in Tokyo, it would have to be something really big and people’s lives are in danger”. “I have been visualizing this moment for the last five years,” said Riley. Then it became a race for second as the 32-year-old Riley, who was 15th in the 2016 marathon trials, overcame Abdirahman. Rupp, who dropped out of the 2019 Chicago marathon with a calf strain, bid his time in the men’s race as Brian Shrader led for more than half the race before retiring by the 17th mile. citizen, realized her dream of making another Games as the 34-year-old took third in 2:28:52 as she edged out former Boston Marathon winner Des Linden (2:29:03). Sally Kipyego, the Kenyan 2012 Olympic 10,000m silver medallist and now a U.S. In a much closer women’s race, Kenyan-born American Aliphine Tuliamuk, 30, won in 2:27:23 with 25-year-old Molly Seidel eight seconds behind in her first marathon. Jake Riley, who also came back to the sport after undergoing Achilles surgery in 2018, claimed second in a personal best 2:10.02 with 43-year-old Somalian-born Abdi Abdirahman stunningly third just a second adrift from Riley as they made the American team for the Tokyo Olympics. “You always focus on the things you can do, not the things that you can’t do, and that’s the approach I took.” It’s been a really long year and a half, but I can’t tell you how happy I am…. “I feel relief almost more than anything. ![]() The 33-year-old dominated the final 11 miles as he won in two hours, nine minutes and 20 seconds in chilly, windy conditions on a hilly downtown Atlanta course. Olympic marathon trials victory as the 2016 Rio Games bronze medallist showed he is fully recovered from 2018 Achilles surgery on Saturday. ATLANTA (Reuters) – Galen Rupp powered his way to his second consecutive U.S. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |