Is there something we are missing? We don't see anyone with that name in any results database, or the Road to Paris list.
Al Jazeera wrote:
“Hundreds of thousands of people tried to get a handful [marathon] spots. It was such a long shot,” Uhl-Leavitt told Al Jazeera.
But with that blessing comes a hurdle on the track to the games. How to train and cover one’s costs.
“When I’m in marathon builds, it’s very time-consuming,” she said.
She has to fit training in where she can between her two jobs – one as a personal trainer and the other as a bartender in her hometown of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida – roughly 20 miles (32km) from Jacksonville.
To offset the costs of getting to the games, she turned to the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe
The GoFundMe is even wilder. It says she had to pay a "fee" to enter the Olympic marathon.
GoFundMe wrote:
Recently, Ashley has worked on completing a series of running goals as part of a challenge in order to potentially earn a spot to compete in the marathon in the 2024 summer Olympic games. After accomplishing these series of goals, we were beyond thrilled to find out that Ashley was offered a spot to run in the marathon. As any true friends or bad influences would do, we insisted that Ashley accept the offer that she worked hard for, and secure her spot by paying the registration fee to race the Olympic marathon.
Is the whole thing Al Jazeera propaganda? Or are they falling for some GoFundMe hoax? Or is she an Olympic marathon we've never heard of?
https://www..com/economy/2024/5/13/one-of-the-biggest-hurdles-for-athletes-on-the-olympic-path-money
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ashleys-running-262-in-the-paris-olympics
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