American Serena Burla to compete in Osaka Women's Marathon on January 29th

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  • LetsRun.com
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    3 years ago 12/28/2016 6:50am CST
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    The IAAF has released the field for next month's Osaka Women's Marathon (January 29th). The field includes American Serena Burla. Burla was 8th at the Olympic Trials in February and then 7th at the Chicago Marathon in October in 2:30:40.

    The full elite field is as follows.

    Risa Shigetomo (JPN) 2:23:23
    Mari Ozaki (JPN) 2:23:30
    Mai Ito (JPN) 2:24:42
    Shitaye Eshete (BRN) 2:25:36
    Yuko Watanabe (JPN) 2:25:56
    Misato Horie (JPN) 2:26:40
    Iwona Lewandowska (POL) 2:27:47
    Serena Burla (USA) 2:28:01
    Risa Takenaka (JPN) 2:28:09
    Kaori Yoshida (JPN) 2:28:43
    Muluhabt Tsega (ETH) 2:29:17
    Jin Lingling (CHN) 2:30:27
    Yuka Takemoto (JPN) 2:31:02
    Misaki Kato (JPN) 2:31:04
    Aya Higashimoto (JPN) 2:31:28
    Hiroko Miyauchi (JPN) 2:32:20
    Cassie Fien (AUS) 2:33:17
    Munkhzaya Bayartsogt (MGL) 2:33:31
    Hanae Tanaka (JPN) debut

    https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/osaka-womens-marathon-2017-elite-field
  • Homeless or Silver spoon
    3 years ago 12/28/2016 7:07am CST
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  • trackster2
    3 years ago 12/29/2016 2:28pm CST
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    Yes she is a fine athlete and under appreciated. I wish her well.