The first ten U.S. runners earn points at each USATF Running Circuit race. For the USATF 10 Mile Championships, scoring is set as 15 for first, 12 for second, 10 for third, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1, with those earning the most points receiving prize money at the end of the series.
One male and three female athletes have been added to Japan's team for the Paris Olympics, all in mid/long distance events.
Since its foundation in 1974, the BERLIN MARATHON has developed very slowly at first, but then rapidly from 1981 with the change to the city center of Berlin (West), the start at the Reichstag and the finish on the Kurfürstendamm. With its large number of participants and its 13 world records, the B...
Team USATF dominated the medals table at the past two World Athletics Championships, earning 33 total medals at Oregon22 and 29 last summer at Budapest, including 12 gold. American athletes finished atop the medal table at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, too, grabbing 26, seven of them gold.
Coming into the race with a best of only 2:30:31 from Nagoya in March, the night before the race Nakamura's coaching staff told JRN that her goal was to clear 2:26 and that she'd go with the lead group on 2:24 pace and see what she could do.
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