Just as long as you believe in yourself and you put in the work and dedication, why not?” he says.Ī deep drive to compete and do his best, an undeniable love of running and an unwavering belief in his talent have helped Abdirahman maintain a professional running career of just over two decades. “I don't look at age as ‘you’re old, you can't do this.’ Age is just a number. Now 44, Abdirahman is also the oldest American runner to make an Olympic team. He was 43 then, which not only made him the elder statesman on the 2020 US Olympic marathon team, but the oldest American runner ever to qualify for an Olympic marathon. With a time of 2:10:03, Abdirahman sealed his spot on the US Olympic team for the fifth time. When I crossed the finish line, I was relieved,” Abdirahman reflected in a 2020 interview. But he was able to surpass top runners to finish third behind Riley and winner Rupp. The road to Tokyo’s Olympic villageĪbdirahman was hardly a shoo-in going into the Olympic Trials he was seeded 12th. Galen Rupp and Jacob Riley are on the men’s team, and Aliphine Tuliamuk, Molly Seidel and Sally Kipyego are representing the women. That’s when he and the other five members of Team USA’s Olympic marathon team qualified for the Tokyo Games. It will mark the last leg of a journey that he started in February 2020. It cost 157 billion yen ($1.4 billion) and is scheduled to host the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics and Paralympics, as well as football matches and track-and-field events during the Games. Then in December that year, Tokyo’s 68,000-seat National Stadium was inaugurated.
Melded from copper and zinc found in donated cellphones and other electronics, the medals have a pebble-like appearance and measure 8.5 cm in diameter. In July 2019, exactly one year out from the original opening ceremony, the Tokyo 2020 medals were revealed.
Legend has it that a professional messenger named Pheidippides ran the 40-kilometer distance to deliver a message: the Greek Army had defeated the Persian Army. The marathon was added much later - inspired by a mythic run from Marathon to Athens, Greece in 490 BC. The first iteration of the Games took place in 776 BC and only included races under 5K. Race walking events will also take place there, despite concerns and frustrations from city officials who don’t feel prepared to provide Covid-related health facilities or staffing for athletes and their delegations. The race will start in Sapporo’s Odori Park and then lead runners into the city to follow a three-loop course. It was chosen to host the marathon over Tokyo because its temperatures are slightly cooler. If all goes according to plan, athletes will run the 26.2-mile race in Sapporo - a hot and humid city that sits about 500 miles north of Tokyo, near the tip of Japan. The men’s Olympic marathon is scheduled for August 8, the last day of the Games.
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