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☆ How the federal death penalty could change under a Donald Trump presidency
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The president-elect voiced support for imposing the death penalty on convicted human traffickers and drug dealers, while also saying he would seek to have prosecutors pursue the death penalty for migrants who kill American citizens or anyone who kills a law enforcement officer. It also wants the federal death penalty broadened to include people convicted of sexually abusing children, an application found by the US Supreme Court to be unconstitutional. “We saw what he’s capable of,” Abraham Bonowitz, executive director of the abolitionist Death Penalty Action, said of Trump. The organization does not take a position for or against the death penalty but has been critical of its administration. Federal executions were rare – before TrumpThe federal government and the US military both retain the death penalty, as do 27 states – though executions are paused in six of those states by executive action, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

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“We’re going to be asking everyone who sells drugs, gets caught, to receive the death penalty for their heinous acts,” he added. President Joe Biden had campaigned on passing legislation to eliminate the death penalty at the federal level, but pulled back on that in office. Biden’s aides say he supports death row inmates serving life sentences without probation or parole. Meanwhile, the Justice Department under Biden and Garland has not sought the death penalty in federal cases that could have warranted it, and has even withdrawn death penalty sentences in about two dozen cases that it had inherited. There are currently 40 inmates, all men, on federal death row, according to the nonpartisan Death Penalty Information Center.

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☆ Highest court in Massachusetts to hear arguments in Karen Read’s bid to dismiss murder charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Read’s attorneys argue she is being framed and that other law enforcement officers are responsible for O’Keefe’s death. A judge declared a mistrial in June after finding jurors couldn’t reach an agreement. The defense also arguing that the judge abruptly announced the mistrial in court without first asking each juror to confirm their conclusions about each count. The court never asked for counsel’s views, or even mentioned the word mistrial.”In August, a judge ruled Read can be retried on those charges. The defense portrayed Read as the victim, saying O’Keefe was actually killed inside Albert’s home and then dragged outside.

Persons: Karen Read, Read, John O’Keefe, ”, Beverly Cannone, Brian Albert, O’Keefe Organizations: BOSTON, Judicial, Boston Marathon, Prosecutors, ” Prosecutors, Bentley College, Boston police Locations: Massachusetts, Boston

☆ They ran an Olympic marathon 12 weeks ago. Now they’re back at it in New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Only one runner has won the Olympic marathon in the summer and New York in the fall — Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir in 2021. A pack of runners, including eventual winner Hellen Obiri, race in the Olympic women’s marathon on Aug. 11. She was physically ready to start training again in early September, but even when perfectly healthy, marathon training can be a long and lonely process. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)Popehn said she found herself replaying the Paris race in her head once she got back home. “It’s on my mind.”GO DEEPER The ex-head of the New York marathon cleared himself in his sport.

Persons: “, ”, Hellen Obiri, Hellen, Lindwurm, —, Conner Mantz, Clayton Young, Tamirat Tola, Belgium’s Bashir Abdi, ” Young, Mantz, they’ve, Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir, Tola, Ulrik Pedersen, Dathan Ritzenhein, ” Obiri, It’s, Ritzenhein, Obiri, Joe Klecker, Klecker, Brigham Young, Young, She’ll, Christian Petersen, Popehn, She’s, ” Popehn, hasn’t Organizations: York City Marathon, Athletics Club, Team, Tokyo Olympics, Brigham, Getty, Boston Marathon, Grandma’s, New Locations: York, New York, Paris, Kenyan, Staten, Ethiopia, Manhattan, Boulder, Col, Central, Versailles, France, Minnesota

☆ Tamirat Tola wins captivating Olympic marathon for Ethiopia
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

Tola surged clear and never looked back (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)After letting the little-known Eyob Faniel of Italy lead for most of the first half of the race, Tola made his first move just before the halfway mark. Tola crossed the line an Olympic record time (Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images)Most remarkably, Tola didn’t even make the Ethiopian team originally. “I trained hard so I could win,” Tola said. Even his compatriot, Kenenisa Bekele, one of the most decorated Ethiopian distance runners but at 42 nearing the end of his career, was gushing after finishing 39th. “Not easy to win the Olympic Games,” he said, in perhaps the understatement of the past two weeks in Paris.

Persons: Tamirat Tola, Tola, Cameron Spencer, ”, Bikila, Bikele, Belgium’s Bashir Abdi, Kenya’s Benson Kipruto, Eliud, victoire appartient, Napoleon, Roland Garros, Andrej Isakovic, Tola didn’t, “, ” Tola, Connor Mantz, Akira Akasaki, ” Mantz, Clayton Young, Abdi, Kenenisa Bekele, ” Bekele, Denisa Geleta, Kipruto Organizations: “, East, Getty, Ethiopian, Boston Marathon, Olympic Locations: Ethiopia, Invalides, Paris, Versailles, Eugene , Ore, New York, Italy, Rome, Tokyo, Kenya, AFP, Japan

☆ Boeing Starliner: What life is like for two astronauts in limbo in space
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

They’re not part of Expedition 71, the international crew of seven astronauts serving as the space station’s official staff. Crew-9 — a routine trip to the space station to replenish expedition staff — is currently slated to fly with four astronauts: NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Nick Hague and Stephanie Wilson, and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos. NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are greeted by the crew of the International Space Station on June 6, 2024. In 2012, during an earlier trip to the International Space Station, she became the first person to finish a triathlon in space. Without a suitcaseFlying to the space station without the suitcases they had packed for their mission perhaps complicated the comfort of the Starliner astronauts’ extended stay.

Persons: Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, —, They’ve, Williams, They’re, ” Dana Weigel, “ Butch, Suni, ” Weigel, “, Zena Cardman, Nick Hague, Stephanie Wilson, Aleksandr Gorbunov, Wilmore, they’ve, Sunita Williams, Frank Rubio, yearlong, ’, ”, Bill Spetch, Spetch, they’re, Ken Bowersox Organizations: CNN, Space, NASA, SpaceX, International Space Station, Boeing, SpaceX’s, International, Station, AP, Boston Marathon, Space Station, Northrop Grumman, Space Operations, “ Locations: Russian

☆ Hellen Obiri: ‘The marathon, it’s about being patient,’ says runner as she chases elusive Olympic gold medal
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The decorated Kenyan runner hopes to change that in Paris over the coming days, entering the women’s marathon race as one of the favorites for the title. This will be Obiri’s fourth Games, making her a veteran in the women’s marathon field. Her introduction to marathon running, it’s fair to say, has been a learning curve. “When I go to the race, they [my coaches] told me that the marathon, it’s about being patient, waiting until the last minute,” said Obiri. Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa, the current world record holder, is also a strong contender for the gold medal.

Persons: Hellen Obiri, Obiri, “ I’m, ”, you’re, ‘, I’ll, “, Peres Jepchirchir, Brigid Kosgei, Sifan Hassan, Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa Organizations: CNN, Kenyan, CNN Sport, Stade de France, Athletics Club, Boston Marathon, London Marathon Locations: Boston, New York, Paris, Versailles, I’m, Kenya, Boulder , Colorado

Eleven years ago, in 2013, Holder said that Mohammed and his associates would have been “on death row as we speak” had the case gone to federal court as he proposed. But he blamed Congress for blocking a federal trial that would have resulted in swifter justice. They were dealt a bad hand by the political hacks and those who lost faith in our justice system,” Holder said in a statement to NBC News on Thursday. “If my decision to try KSM and his confederates in the tested and effective federal court system had been followed they would be nothing more than a memory today,” Holder said. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he’s “long advocated that our federal court system is perfectly capable of conducting this kind of trial” and was well-suited to handling serious crimes.

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☆ How to think like an Olympian and develop a winner’s brain
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Sandee Lamotte | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Not only do Olympic athletes tone their bodies into near perfection; they hone their minds as well. Researchers have studied Olympians for decades and found they share some common traits, habits and qualities that you too can use to develop a winner’s mindset. Greece's Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks the ball in the men's preliminary round during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Banish self-doubtThere is no room for doubt in the minds of Olympic athletes, according to Gould. Italy's Sofia Goggia takes part in the women's downhill third training session during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Persons: CNN —, ”, Jeff Brown, Brown, Dan Gould, Gould, ” Gould, Greece's Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kelly McGonigal, “, McGonigal, you’ve, ” Simone Biles, ” Brown, we’re, Simone, ” Ahtziri Sandoval, Tom Weller, VOIGT, I’ve, Italy's Sofia Goggia, Fabrice Coffrini, it’s, Trinity Rodman, Alexandra Popp, Brad Smith, don’t, Spain's Maria Xiao, Wang Zhao, France's Léon Marchand, Manan Vatsyayana, I’m, they’re Organizations: CNN, Harvard Medical School, Boston Marathon, Institute for, Youth Sports, kinesiology, Michigan State University, US Olympic Committee, United States Tennis Association, Research, Getty, Team Mexico, Olympic, Italy's, ”, Paris, Paris Games Locations: England, Beijing, AFP, United States, Germany

☆ On Cloudboom Strike: Marathon-winning spray-on running shoes could shake up Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —We’ve seen spray-on hair, a spray-on dress and now — marathon-winning spray-on shoes. The Cloudboom Strike LS is lace-free and weighs less than the latest iPhone. (A men’s US size 8.5 weighs just 170g per shoe, over 100g lighter than several popular running shoes of the same size.) Courtesy OnWith no heel-cap, laces or tongue, the translucent, sock-like sneaker looks like a running shoe that has shed its skin. Having initially been made available to the public in April, the Cloudboom Strike LS will again go on sale to consumers later this year.

Persons: CNN —, Hellen Obiri, ”, Heitz, Johannes Voelchert, Voelchert, ” Voelchert, LightSpray, Marc Maurer, On’s, Olli Hoare, Luke McCann —, Coperni, Bella Hadid, Manel Torres Organizations: CNN, Boston, Fair, Games, ”, Paris Fashion Locations: Paris, Zurich, Milan, Swiss, Australian

☆ A 79-year-old who started running in her 40s has done 28 triathlons. She has 4 tips for young people wanting to be as fit as her.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Gruenfeld was inspired to start running after watching the 1986 Boston Marathon, at the age of 41. Gruenfeld shared her tips for people wanting to be as fit as her at 79. Get and stay strongGruenfeld said that she has found strength training helpful for her fitness, to maintain muscle as she has aged. To maintain her muscle, Gruenfeld lifts heavy weights, to "really stress those muscles." Add activities you enjoyYou don't have to only do strength training to get fit.

Persons: —, Cherie Gruenfeld, Gruenfeld, that's, it's Organizations: Service, Business, UCLA Health

☆ This 'locked-in' risk management advisor gets his followers hyped about 'hammering spreadsheets' and quarterly meetings
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Davis Clarke, a risk management advisor at Citizens, has gained quite a following on social media. AdvertisementYou don't have to look far on social media to find people who are sick and tired of their office jobs. But one office worker has gained a following for his unabashedly upbeat and positive content. In one video, he's walking through downtown on a Monday morning, ready to start "hammering spreadsheets and chugging waters." Build a social media account and use it to show the world the values he cared about.

Persons: Davis Clarke, Clarke, —, he's, he'll, Tom Ranucci, Ranucci, wasn't, they'll Organizations: Citizens, Service, Citizens Bank, Business, selfies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Boston Marathon Locations: Boston, America, Seattle

☆ Poppy Harlow announces she will exit CNN after nearly two decades
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Poppy Harlow, the longtime CNN anchor who most recently co-helmed “CNN This Morning,” announced Friday that she will exit the network. “The nearly two decades since have been a gift,” Harlow wrote in an email to colleagues. Jeremy FreemanThompson, after taking over from Licht, announced in February that he would reconfigure CNN’s morning lineup. CNN engaged in discussions with Harlow, but ultimately she decided to exit the network. ), and to support the evolution of journalism in every way I can, while preserving the human(ity) in it,” Harlow wrote.

Persons: Poppy Harlow, ”, ” Harlow, “, ” Mark Thompson, Harlow, ” Poppy Harlow, Mike Coppola, CNN “ She’s, ” Thompson, Warren Buffet, Mark Zuckerberg, Melinda Gates, Susan Wojcicki, Jamie Dimon, Chris Licht, Kaitlan Collins, Don Lemon, Lemon, Collins, Jeremy Freeman Thompson, Kasie Hunt Organizations: CNN, American Museum of, Boston Marathon, Washington , D.C, Harlow Locations: New York City, Paris, Licht, Washington ,

☆ The Popularity of Marathons
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Ashley Wu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Yesterday, a century later in that same town, about 30,000 runners crossed the starting line. Distance running, once a niche sport, has exploded in popularity over the past few decades. Many of those who run marathons today are middle-aged or older, and some are less fit and less experienced. As a result, the average finish time in American marathons has slowed considerably, even as the top runners keep getting faster. It’s a sign of how popular marathons have become.

Organizations: Boston Marathon Locations: Hopkinton, Mass

☆ Black-led women’s running group sues Boston Marathon organizers and Newton police chief for alleged racial discrimination
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Zoe Sottile | Justin Gamble | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A Black-led running group is suing the organizers of the Boston Marathon as well as the city of Newton, Massachusetts, and the Newton police chief over alleged racial discrimination that took place in a cheer zone at last year’s race. TrailblazHers had organized a specific “cheer zone” in Newton at Mile 21 and had invited other running groups led by people of color to join, says the complaint. Police formed “a human barricade to physically separate the running crews of colors from the event,” the complaint alleges. Shortly after the incident last year, Newton police said in a statement: “After being notified by the B.A.A. TrailblazHers is represented by Lawyers for Civil Rights, a Boston-based legal group working to fight discrimination, according to its website.

Persons: Newton, “, TrailblazHers, ”, White, John Carmichael, Ahmaud Arbery, ” Iván Espinoza Madrigal, “ Ahmaud, Black, TrailblazHers “, ” Mirian Albert Organizations: CNN, Boston Marathon, Newton police, Newton, TrailblazHers, Police, Boston Athletic Association, Newton Police, WFXT, Facebook, Boston Athletics Association, Lawyers, Civil Rights, BAA Locations: Newton , Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Newton, Hopkinton , Massachusetts, Boston, TrailblazHers, Georgia

☆ Earnings season is here. These are the biggest storylines the market is watching.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon issued a warning in the bank's earnings report Friday. With so much at stake, here's an earnings season cheat sheet of when some of the biggest companies are reporting and the storylines to follow. Themes to watch: AI could reduce the number of junior bank employees thanks to the tech automating their grunt work . Themes to watch: Netflix was dubbed the king of streaming earlier this year after a big earnings report. The bank's earnings report beat analysts' expectations, but advisory revenues were down 21% year-over-year.

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, iStock, Rebecca Zisser, Jamie Dimon, Dimon, Michael M, Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, Will Meta, Bob Iger's, Brooks Kraft, Jeremy Barnum, it's, Jeff Currie, Justin Sullivan, Tesla, Elon Musk, Musk, Marco Bottigelli, Yevgen Romanenko, Tyler Le, Michelle Grisé, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover, Grace Lett Organizations: Service, Business, JPMorgan . Tech, JPMorgan, New York Stock Exchange, Finance Key Companies, Bank of America, Companies, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Retail, Walmart, Costco, Netflix, Disney, Paramount Global, Boeing, Brooks Kraft LLC, Getty, BI, Healthcare, RAND, Boston Marathon Locations: Israel, Russia, United States, New York, London, Chicago

☆ Boston Marathon: How to watch and what you need to know ahead of this year’s race
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The 128th edition of the Boston Marathon takes place on Monday with 30,000 runners from over 100 countries expected to participate. Here’s what you need to know ahead of this year’s race. How to watchThe men’s and women’s wheelchair divisions get the Boston Marathon underway, setting off at 9:02 a.m. and 9:05 a.m. Eastern Time. The elite men’s race begins at 9:37 a.m. Decorated Kenyan distance runner Hellen Obiri, who won her first major marathon in Boston last year, headlines the women’s race alongside former New York City Marathon champion Sharon Lokedi.

Persons: Evans Chebet, Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Chebet, Eliud, Gabriel Geay, Hellen Obiri, Sharon Lokedi, Sara Hall, Des Linden, Keflezighi, Zdeno Chara, Rob Gronkowski Organizations: CNN, Boston Marathon, Patriots, ESPN2, Eurosport, New York, Marathon, London Marathon, Boston, Boston Bruins, Patriots ’ Locations: Hopkinton, Boston, Europe, FloSports, Australia, Tanzania, Massachusetts

☆ A 79-year-old triathlete didn't get fit until her 40s. She shared her 5 longevity tips for healthy aging.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But by the time the marathon was over, Gruenfeld had decided she would run the 26.2 miles the next year. In October 1992, at 48 years of age, Gruenfeld crossed the finish line at Kona. And her Ironman career isn't over — Gruenfeld is training for her next triathlon, which she will compete in as an 80-year-old. The 80:20 rule — choosing healthy foods 80% of the time and being flexible the other 20% — is one way to make this easier, dietitian Nicole Ludlam-Raine previously told BI. Dr. Heidi Tissenbaum, a molecular, cell, and cancer biology professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, previously told BI that keeping the mind and body active is the most important factor in longevity.

Persons: —, Cherie Gruenfeld, Gruenfeld, who'd, Donald Miralle, it's, Bryan Johnson, Nicole Ludlam, Raine, Meena Khan, You've, Dr, Heidi Tissenbaum, Ben Foster Organizations: Service, Boston Marathon, Business, Ohio State University, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Mobility, People's Athletic Club Locations: Boston, Kailua, Kona, Hawaii

☆ San Quentin State Prison: Running provides a new lease of life for inmates
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Set up in 2005, San Quentin’s running club meets regularly and is run entirely by volunteer coaches from Marin County’s Tamalpa Running Club, who come from outside the facility to share their expertize and time with aspiring runners in the prison. For the most part, it’s poverty mixed with a lack of opportunity,” Thomas tells CNN Sport. “It hurt me inside because he was more like a mentor to me,” Taylor tells CNN Sport. That helped me in my recovery and transformation in my life,” Taylor, known as “Markelle the Gazelle” because of his athletic prowess, explains. “But there’s two million people in prison,” Thomas adds.

Persons: Rahsaan Thomas wasn’t, Thomas, “, ”, , Johnny Cash, Marin County’s, ” Thomas, you’re, Thomas ’, Christine Yoo, Diana Fitzpatrick, ” Fitzpatrick, Jim Maloney, Maloney, Markelle Taylor, Kevin Rumon, we’re, ” Taylor, Taylor, Gavin Newsom, podcaster Organizations: CNN, San, Prison, CNN Sport, ESPN, Initiative, Black, Federal Bureau of Prisons ., San Quentin Marathon, Boston Marathon, New York City Marathon Locations: San Quentin, Quentin’s, White

☆ Have the Brands Gone Too Far? Boston Marathoners Think So.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Scott Cacciola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Cathy Connor loves the Boston Marathon. She loves the mystique of the event, which dates to 1897 as the world’s oldest annual marathon. Ms. Connor, 58, loves the Boston Marathon so much that she has raced in it nine times. “It was kind of a letdown when I saw the picture,” Ms. Connor, a graphic designer from Pittsburgh, said in a telephone interview. This isn’t a turkey trot.”

Persons: Cathy Connor, Kathrine Switzer, Meb Keflezighi, Des Linden, Ms, Connor, ” Ms Organizations: Boston Marathon Locations: Pittsburgh

☆ Man who made bomb threat against Arizona election official gets 3.5 years in prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Afia Barrie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A man who sent a bomb threat in 2021 to Katie Hobbs, then-Arizona’s secretary of state and now Democratic governor, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. James Clark of Falmouth, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in August 2023 to one count of making a threatening interstate communication after being indicted the previous summer on three counts, including making a bomb threat, the Justice Department announced. “Those using illegal threats of violence to intimidate election workers should know that the Justice Department will find you and hold you accountable under the law,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. Following Clark’s threats, law enforcement said they conducted partial evacuations and bomb sweeps of the Arizona secretary of state’s office as well as Hobbs’s home and car. The case was brought by the Justice Department’s election threats task force, which was established in June 2021 to address threats of violence against election workers.

Persons: Katie Hobbs, James Clark of, General Merrick Garland, Clark, ”, Hobbs Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Justice Department, DOJ, Boston Marathon Locations: James Clark of Falmouth , Massachusetts, Arizona

BOSTON (AP) — With back-to-back Super Bowl victories for the hometown Chiefs, Kansas City football fans gathered for another championship parade and a second celebratory pep rally in a row. Not because the Chiefs, with star quarterback Patrick Mahomes still just 28 years old, can’t win another NFL title. “They have to think twice about having these parades,” said former Boston Police Commissioner Bill Evans, who in 38 years with the department worked 12 championship parades and the aftermath of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. The event included a parade down Grand Boulevard, followed by a rally in front of Union Station. But that's a difficult proposition for large, open venues like where the Kansas City rally was held, or the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon course.

Persons: Patrick Mahomes, can’t, “, ”, Bill Evans, Stacey Graves, –, Quinton Lucas, Patrick's, ” Evans, Ed Davis, Evans, there’s, ” Davis, Davis, “ Everybody's, “ Everyone’s Organizations: BOSTON, hometown Chiefs, Kansas City, Chiefs, NFL, Boston Police, Marathon, San Francisco 49ers, Super, Nuggets, NBA, Texas Rangers, Bowl, Arrowhead, U.S, Secret, Louisiana, Boston Marathon, Paris Olympic, Boston, Boston Red Sox, Police, Boston College Locations: Kansas City, Denver, St, America, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Kansas

☆ US Olympic Marathon Trials: What you need to know ahead of the Saturday’s races
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The US Olympic Marathon Trials will be held in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday – an opportunity for runners to book a place at the Games in Paris later this year. Here’s what you need to know ahead of what is regarded as one of the most exciting, unpredictable events on the American running calendar. Conner Mantz and Clayton Young are the only two men to run under the Olympic standard time of 2:08:10, both having done so at last year’s Chicago Marathon. Defending trials champion Aliphine Tuliamuk is looking to make back-to-back Olympics having run 2:24:37 in Boston last year. In previous marathon trials, it was simply the top three men and women who qualified for the US Olympic team.

Persons: Galen Rupp, He’s, Abdi Abdirahman, Conner Mantz, Clayton Young, Scott Fauble, Zach, Paul Chelimo, Molly Seidel, Sara Hall, Keira D’Amato –, Emily Sisson, Betsy Saina, Aliphine, Young, it’s Organizations: CNN, Games, Peacock, NBC, Tokyo Games, Boston, D’Amato, US Olympic, Olympics Locations: Orlando , Florida, Paris, Orlando, Lake Eola, Budapest, Hungary, Boston

☆ Bill Iffrig, Runner in Iconic Boston Marathon Bombing Photo, Dies at 89
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Rebecca Carballo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mr. Iffrig died at a memory care facility in Marysville, Wash., according to his son, Mark Iffrig, who confirmed his father’s death. Mr. Iffrig, who was an accomplished mountaineer and chairman of a local climbing club, did not start running until he was 42. He went on to win dozens of national championships in races of varying distances. He ran in more than 50 marathons, including several Boston Marathons. Mr. Iffrig placed second in his age group of 80-plus in the 2015 Boston Marathon, his son said.

Persons: Bill Iffrig, Iffrig, Mark Iffrig Organizations: Boston Marathon, Boston, Marathon Locations: Marysville, Wash

Image This year’s women’s race was oddly slow until the last few miles. Tola had arrived in New York with questions about his fitness after he dropped out of the marathon at the world championships in Budapest this summer. When she made her marathon debut in New York last year, she went out fast before struggling to a sixth-place finish. “Sometimes,” Obiri said, “you learn from your mistakes.”She put those lessons to use in Boston earlier this year when she won her first world marathon major. By then, only Obiri, Gidey, Lokedi and two others — Viola Cheptoo, the runner-up in 2021, and Brigid Kosgei, a five-time world marathon major champion — were still in contention.

Persons: Hellen, Letesenbet Gidey, Gidey, Obiri, “, ”, Karsten Moran, Sharon Lokedi, ” Obiri, Tamirat Tola, Tola, Geoffrey Mutai’s, Jemal Yimer, Albert Korir, Peter Foley, ” Ritzenhein, Hellen Obiri, Uli Seit, Kellyn Taylor, — Viola Cheptoo, Brigid Kosgei, —, Ritzenhein Organizations: New York City Marathon, Boston Marathon, Boulder, Athletics Club, The New York Times, Shutterstock, Credit, Kenya Locations: Kenya, Ethiopia, Colo, New York, Budapest, Staten Island, Boulder, Boston, “ New York, Central Park, Gidey, Paris

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