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Island marathoner Cam Levins running short of options for Tokyo


Even worse for Levins’ prospects, fellow-Canadian Ben Preisner of Milton, Ont., ran under the standard in an all-time Canadian fourth-best 2:10:17 to become the third Canadian to breach the qualifying standard. That means all three Canadian spots for the Olympic marathon are filled. But only provisionally. Levins, or anybody else, has until the June 3 cut-off to beat the times posted by Preisner, in just his first marathon, Tristan Woodfine of Cobden, Ont., (2:10:15 at London in October) or Trevor Hofbauer of Calgary (2:09:51 last year). Marathons, however, are hard to find with so many cancelled amid the pandemic, making any opportunity all the more precious. ....

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