2016 Rio Olympics

Women's Marathon

With Former Training Partner Banned from the Sport and Agent Federico Rosa Facing Doping Charges in Kenya, Jemima Sumgong (and Federico Rosa) Responds to Doping Questions

August 14, 2016

Shalane Flanagan Leads US Team to Historic Day at Olympic Marathon and Says (Likely) Goodbye To The Olympics

Shalane Flanagan led the US team to its best group result at the Olympic marathon with three runners in the top 10 (Flanagan was 6th, Desi Linden was 7th, and Flanagan's training partner Amy Cragg was 9th.)
August 14, 2016

Kenya Is Golden At Last: Jemima Sumgong Wins Kenya's 1st Olympic Gold In Women's Marathon as All Three Americans Finish In The Top 10

Find out what happened in the women's marathon here.
August 14, 2016

2016 Ethiopian Olympic Marathon Team Announced - Ethiopians Leave Off World's Fastest Woman And Arguably The World's Greatest Distance Runner Ever

Galen Rupp and Meb Kefelzighi, you just caught a major break as Ethiopia definitely didn't select its three best marathoners for its Olympic team. Kenenisa Bekele is staying home as is women's world leader Tirfi Tsegaye. *MB: Ethiopian marathon team announced: Picks are as debatable as Kenya's.
May 19, 2016

Athletics Kenya Does It Again And Butchers Third Selection To Both Men's And Women's Teams - Kenyan Olympic Marathon Team Announced

Good news, Galen Rupp and US women's marathon fans - it just got a lot easier to medal in Rio as Athletics Kenya picked a 2:24 woman and a man who is about to celebrate the 2-year anniversary of his last sub-2:10 clocking (May 25th) to the Olympic team. Stars like Edna Kiplagat and Mary Keitany will be sitting at home. Updated with new stats for Dickson Chumba and Bernard Kipyego and the fact that Wilson Kipsang didn't want to go to Rio.
May 10, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
August 12, 2016 to August 21, 2016

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Outside Letsrun

Video Interview: Kevin And Keith Hanson Excited About Desi Linden's Fitness

They say she is "never better" and "very very fit".
August 14, 2016

Recommended Read: Saudi Arabia Will Have Two Runners Competing In Rio As Sarah Attar Returns After Making History At London 2012

Attar finished dead last in her 800 heat in London, but says the impact of competing had a huge impact on Saudi Arabian women who never saw sports as an option for them. Since then Attar has gone all-out with training for the Rio marathon, moving to Mammoth Lakes to be coached by and train with the Kastors.
August 4, 2016

If London champ Jemimah Sumgong wins in Rio, she'll be Kenya's 1st women's Olympic marathon champ

July 29, 2016

USA Today Article On The Estonian Triplets Will Run The Rio Olympic Marathon

They call themselves the "Trio to Rio."
June 9, 2016

Ethiopia Officially Chooses Its Rio Marathon Squad; Women's Team Sees Some Changes

The selectors still foolishly left off Kenenisa Bekele, but they took our advice with the women's squad and added Tirfi Tsegaye and Tigist Tufa to join Mare Dibaba. *LRC 2016 Ethiopian Olympic Marathon Team Announced - Ethiopians Leave Off World's Fastest Woman And Arguably The World's Greatest Distance Runner Ever
June 2, 2016

Estonia Marathoners Leila, Liina, And Lily Luik Will Make History In Rio As The First Set Of Triplets Ever To Compete At An Olympic Games

The fastest has a PR of 2:37 and the other two are 2:39 and 2:40.
May 29, 2016

GB's Gemma Steel Undecided Whether She'll Try To Run The 10K Or Marathon In Rio 2016

Given she hasn't even ran a marathon yet and has no immidiate plans to make her debut, she probably should stick to the 10K.
October 8, 2015
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