Call it now, predict their placings and times. I say Thweatt gets on the podium, 3rd overall woman with a 2:25. Jorgensen follows close behind, 5th woman in 2:27...
I like Jorgensen for 1st American around 2:26. Everyone's like, how dare Gwen assume she belongs among these giants of US women's running like Hall, Huddle, Linden, Shalane, Hasay, & Cragg, but c'mon. Just look at Jorgensen, she's obviously more talented than any of them with those looooong legs and crazy lean body, except for maybe Huddle. Jorgensen's just built for the distance. And US women's marathoning isn't really that deep. Runners like Hall, Shalane, & Cragg are really pretty mediocre. Why shouldn't a mega talent like Jorgensen just walk in and take over? People make too much out of these sub-2:30 women. If you've got the right physiology and you train hard, anyone can do it. I think Gwen should be looking a 3rd gold medal after she medals in Tokyo, but in the Winter Olympics. Think about it, Gwen Jørgensen, with those lean Scandinavian endurance genes, in the Nordic 30km. She's got the endurance, she knows cold & snow cuz she's from Wisconsin, and after that elite swim career she's got the guns for classic double poling. Oh yeah, it's on. Gwen Jørgensen, taking down Norwegians and Swedes in the nordic distance events at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games. Gwen, your first tri, 'thon, XC ski triple gold medal stud, uff da!