Published February 29, 2020 02:53PM
Social Media Reacts to the Olympic Marathon Trial Winners
ATLANTA, GEORGIA - FEBRUARY 29: Runners take the start of the Women's U.S. Olympic marathon team trials on February 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
After an exhilarating and, at times brutal (with several top contenders who did not finish), 26.2 miles at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials on Saturday in Atlanta, we now know the three women who will represent the United States in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
NAZ Elite runner, Aliphine Tuliamuk, who was coming off of what she considered to be her best training block yet, came in first at 2:27:23. First-time marathoner Molly Seidel qualified in the 2020 Houston Half Marathon, finished in a tight 7-seconds behind Tuliamuk. The pair was followed by Sally Kipyego in third at 2:28:52. And crowd favorite, Des Linden, just missed making the team after coming in fourth place at 2:29:03.
But now that it’s all finished, there is one thing we know to be true, support for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Team is widespread across the community and the country. We’re already seeing it on social media and it is giving us all the feelings.
