ATLANTA — Galen Rupp, one of America’s most accomplished long-distance runners and a bronze medalist at the Rio Games in 2016, qualified for his fourth Olympic Games by winning the U.S. marathon trials on Saturday.
Aliphine Tuliamuk won the women's marathon in 2:27:23 and will be joined in Tokyo by Molly Seidel and Sally Kipyego.
On a cold day with winds gusting near 20 miles per hour, the 33-year old Rupp took the lead near the 16-mile mark and finished the course around downtown Atlanta in 2:09:20 to win the trials for a second consecutive time.
The battle for the final two spots was engaged with about three miles to go as Jake Riley began to significantly gather ground on a pack of runners including Olympians Abdi Abdirahman and Leonard Korir.