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Brett Larner ran most of the Olympic course, taking temperature and humidity readings every half hour. This was his third time out on the course; you can read about his first and second times here and here.
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Berry raised her right fist at the end of her medal ceremony, mirroring the act of sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics.
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Portugal won with 302 points over Belarus (281) and Norway (269). They took victory despite winning only 4 out of 40 events over three days.
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McColgan responded with "Go body shame elsewhere" after a commentator said she looked a "bit too" skinny.
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Shot putter Youcef Zatat, who didn't even travel to the meet, was included in the lineup instead of sprinter Rabah Yousif due to a technical error.
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Poland scored 345 points to beat defending champs Germany who (317.5 points) who won a tight battle for 2nd just 1.5 points ahead of France and 2 points ahead of Italy. Poland got a pair of distance wins from Adam Kszczot in the 800m (1:46.97) and Sofia Ennaoui in the 1500m (4:08.37).
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Their PBs are 2:05:50 and 2:23:34.
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Jim Walmsley finished 3rd, more than six minutes behind Jornet.
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