Molly Seidel of Wisconsin won bronze in the women’s Olympic marathon. She had never run a marathon before qualifying for this race in 2020.
For nearly all of 26.2 sweltering miles in the women’s Olympic marathon on Saturday, American Molly Seidel—who had never run a marathon—kept pace with Peres Jepchirchir and Brigid Kosgei, two world-record-holding runners from Kenya, the country that dominates this race.
What the 27-year-old from Wisconsin lacked in marathon experience, she made up for in determination. Seidel put herself in medal contention early, by attaching herself to the lead pack of about two dozen runners. She stuck with them even as the punishingly hot conditions in Sapporo—temperatures in excess of 80 degrees Fahrenheit with humidity to match—slowly melted the field as the Kenyans pushed the pace.
Seidel didn’t just hang on. She led the race as late as mile 23 after holding an average pace of 5:39 per mile. The Kenyans opened up a 6-second gap with a little more than two miles to go and slowly pulled away down the final stretch, with Jepchirchir taking the gold in 2:27:20, followed by Kosgei 16 seconds after.
Seidel crossed the finish line 10 seconds later, at 2:27:46. She pumped her fists and cried out “YES!” as the first American woman to win a medal in the Olympic marathon since Deena Kastor in 2004. Seidel’s performance was even more remarkable for the trio of Kenyans she ran alongside for the first two hours. Kosgei, the silver medalist, holds the world record in the women’s marathon. Jepchirchir has that distinction in the half marathon. Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, a Kenyan by birth who is representing Israel here after gaining citizenship in 2016, won the Tokyo Marathon in March 2020.
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