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Dakotah Popehn
Dakotah Marie Popehn (formerly Lindwurm; née Bullen, b. May 1, 1995) is an American professional long-distance runner sponsored by Puma (brand), Puma who qualified to represent the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Popehn gained widespread acclaim after winning back-to-back victories at Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota in 2021 and 2022. Her victory in 2022 made her the 12th fastest U.S. women's marathoner of all time. Early career Before she began running, Popehn was a goalie for the Mississippi 8 Conference#Fall Sports, St. Francis-North Branch girls hockey team. She then started running at Saint Francis High School (Saint Francis, Minnesota), St. Francis High School in St. Francis, Minnesota, where she competed in cross country and track and field. After graduating from high school in 2013, Popehn started her collegiate running career at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. While competing for the Northern State Wolves, she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Chicago Marathon
The 2023 Chicago Marathon was the 45th edition of the annual marathon race in Chicago, held on Sunday, . A Platinum Label marathon, it was the fifth of six World Marathon Majors events that were held in 2023. The race also hosted the age group world championships for the year. Kenyan runner Kelvin Kiptum set a new marathon world record, winning the race with a time of 2:00:35, and beating the previous world record of 2:01:09, set by his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge at the 2022 Berlin Marathon, by 34 seconds. Kiptum broke free from all the other runners by the mark, and finished the race with a significant negative split. This was Kiptum's third marathon, after he set the course record at the 2022 Valencia Marathon with a time of 2:01:53 in what was the fastest marathon debut ever, and then set another course record at the 2023 London Marathon with a time of 2:01:25. Dutch runner Sifan Hassan set a new woman's course record by finishing the race with a time of 2:13:4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
