Marathon Trials for 2012 Summer Olympic Games

2012 Olympic Marathon Trials: 8 Women to Watch

As the Summer Olympic Games approach, the country’s fastest female marathoners go head-to-head for a chance at taking gold in London
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2012 Olympic Marathon Trials: 8 Women to Watch // Shalane Flanagan c Getty

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Shalane Flanagan

Age: 30
Qualifying Time: 2:28:40
Less experienced at 26.2 than Goucher and Davila, but her second-place debut in the 2010 NYC Marathon indicated that may not matter.
Odds: 2-1

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