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Canadian record-holders Cam Levins, Malindi Elmore headline Canada's marathon team for Tokyo tsn.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tsn.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Nine Canadian marathoners had achieved the qualifying criteria in the marathon, but each country is allowed only three men and three women, leading to speculation about the squad in recent weeks, and posing a good problem for Athletics Canada with the depth of talent. Over the past few years, Canadian middle- and long-distance runners have accomplished great things on the track and on the road, Athletics Canada s head coach Glenroy Gilbert said in a statement. In Tokyo, we ll see a new generation of marathoners who have broken Canadian records, established impressive personal bests on-demand in less-than-ideal conditions and made a name for themselves in the gruelling 42.195-kilometre event. ....
(But) nothing was going to stop me today is what I told myself, Levins said. The 32-year-old from Black Creek, B.C., finally dipped under the Tokyo Olympic standard in the marathon with just a week to spare. Levins, the Canadian record-holder in the event, ran two hours 10 minutes 30 seconds to win the S7 Marathon in the mountains in Styria, Austria. The qualifying standard of 2:11.30 had to be accomplished before June 1. Levins had been well on pace twice in the past seven months, in London in October, and then in Chandler, Ariz., in December. But both times, he hit the proverbial wall with a few kilometres to go. He dropped out in London and finished almost a minute off the standard in Arizona. ....
Canada's Cam Levins dips under Tokyo marathon standard with a week to spare yorktonthisweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yorktonthisweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.