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The Latest: Jager qualifies for Olympics in steeplechase

The Latest on the run-up to the Summer Olympics (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):

10:00 p.m.

American Record holder Evan Jager earned a second straight Olympic trip with a victory Friday night in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon.

Jager won in 8:22.48, followed by first-time Olympian Hillary Bor and Donn Cabral, who also made his second Olympic Team.

Jager, a local favorite who lives and trains in Portland, finished sixth in the event at the London Games.

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QUALIFICATION ALERT: American steeplechase record holder Evan Jager qualified for a second straight Olympics in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.