.SaraHall3’s time takes four minutes from her previous best time of 2:26:20 and moves her up to sixth in the U.S. all-time rankings. 🔥
,” Benoit Samuelson said, avoiding all reference to the age-group record. “I ran the first 35 kilometers with my daughter, and felt pretty good. I’ll jog through Tokyo for WMM No. 5, and then complete the sixth in London. I came close to three hours today, and will save sub-3 for London.”
The women’s race had been anticipated as the one that would produce fast times, but things worked out otherwise, as they settled from the start for the 2:20-2:22 range. Defending champion Gladys Cherono was prominent early on, but dropped out after halfway. Another casualty was the great track star Meseret Defar, who had looked the smoothest of the lead pack.
German supporters were excited with the sixth place finish of new citizen Melat Kejeta, who was running her marathon debut and secured an Olympic qualifying time of 2:23:57, which also makes her the third fastest German of all time.
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