Boston Marathon Subject Provides Individuals Who Simply Missed At Olympic Trials

BOSTON: A few of the high also-rans from the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials are coming to Boston.

Elkanah Kibet, who missed the lads’s podium by 5 seconds in a private finest 2 hours, 10 minutes, 2 seconds, will run on April 15 in Boston, the place he already has two high 10 finishes. He shall be joined by Sara Corridor and Caroline Rotich, who completed fifth and sixth in Orlando on Feb. 3.

Rotich, who lately turned a U.S. citizen, received the 2015 Boston Marathon whereas representing Kenya.

Jenny Simpson, a 2016 Olympic bronze medalist within the 1,500 meters, was additionally added to the Boston discipline on Thursday.

Different additions embrace Sam Chelanga, who positioned thirtieth in Boston and ran a 2:08:50 in Chicago final yr, and two-time Boston wheelchair winner Masazumi Soejima.

They be part of a beforehand introduced discipline that features 2018 champion Des Linden, 2023 fifth-place finisher Emma Bates and world 50-kilometer file holder CJ Albertson.

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