Notre Dame runner is a surprise medalist in the women's Olympic marathon
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2021-08-07 01:30
Notre Dame runner is a surprise medalist in the women's Olympic marathon
Molly Seidel of Wisconsin was not supposed to make the U.S. Olympic marathon team. The Olympic trials last year in Atlanta had been her first attempt at the 26.3-mile race. On her third try Friday, Seidel did one better. She stuck with some of the world's best distance runners to finish third in the punishing heat and humidity in Sapporo, Japan. Seidel joined Joan Benoit and Deena Kastor as the only American women to reach the podium in an Olympic marathon winning the bronze medal in a time of 2 hours 27.

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