Galen Rupp, Amy Cragg win U.S. Olympic marathon trials

Shalane Flanagan, Adriana Nelson, Sara Hall and Kara Goucher (Getty Images) The road to Brazil begins in California.

With temperatures reaching a trial-record 75 degrees, Galen Rupp made his marathon debut in Saturday'a U.S. Olympic team trials in Los Angeles for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Rupp finished first with a time of 2:11:12 to win a place on the national team.

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In the U.S. Olympic women's trials, Amy Cragg was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 2:28:20.

Rupp, who got the silver medal for 10,000 meters in the 2012 London Olympics, became the second American to win an Olympic trials in his first marathon. George Young…