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Last week marked the return of Deena Kastor to the marathon when she ran in Chicago. The 36-year-old American won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics and was gunning for another podium finish in 2008 when she broke her foot five kilometers into the race.
CAPE ELIZABETH Top road racers from around the globe, including American marathon record-holder Deena Kastor, will join the best in Maine and New England in Cape Elizabeth on Saturday at 8 a.m. for the 14th running of the TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race, according to a press release from race organizers. Elite athletes from Africa, Asia and Europe will share the scenic coastal course with thousands of recreational runners who receive cheers and encouragement from spectators. The festive atmosphere each year re-affirms the TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10Ks reputation as a world-class event with small-town charm.
There is something so likable about Deena Kastor. It's just her results as one of the most accomplished American distance runners that's appealing. There's something about her personality, her willingness to be in nearly every running-themed magazine or website, her example of hard work and positive attitude, even going through adversity. She won bronze in the marathon at the 2004 Olympics and looked like she could swap for another color medal in the 2008 Games, until she broke her foot. She spent 2009 recovering and training and still remained smiling and upbeat and an inspiration for distance runners, particularly for women.
Olympic champion Nastia Liukin was elected to the International Gymnastics Federation's Athletes Commission. Meanwhile, Fabian Hambuechen, the silver medalist at the 2007 worlds, left the gym on crutches after injuring his ankle during training in London. - SAMMY WANJIRU of Kenya won the Chicago Marathon with the fastest time on American soil, 2 hours, 5 minutes, 41 seconds. Russia's Liliya Shobukhova was a winner in her second marathon, with American Deena Kastor sixth.
At 11 years old, like many young girls across America Deena Kastor was inspired by a whip of a runner from Maine who in 1984 appeared on her television screen entering the Los Angeles Coliseum, winner of the first women's Olympic marathon. Now, as the top American woman at that distance, Kastor will test her fitness Saturday in the TD Bank Beach to Beacon 10K, a race founded by Joan Benoit Samuelson, her long-ago hero.
Olympic bronze medalist Deena Kastor (Agoura) will return to long- distance racing next week, four months after the birth of her first child. The American marathon record-holder will run the NYRR New York Mini 10K on June 11. Her daughter, Piper Bloom, was born in February. Kastor won bronze in the marathon at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Even the most optimistic forecaster would have had a tough time predicting the amount of success U.S. runners would experience in 2009. But indeed it was a good year, a year with a world championships in Berlin inspiring many top performances and a new sense of American self-worth among distance runners. That was fueled in part by the Olympic medal performances of Deena Kastor and Meb Keflezighi and continued success in the sprints.
BOSTON (AP) - Joan Benoit Samuelson can see the finish line, and this time her legs are steady. The 50-year-old Olympic gold medalist plans to run in her last competitive marathon today in the trials that will choose the U.S. team for Beijing. Deena Kastor, who won the bronze medal in Athens in 2004, is a heavy favorite to make the team. Two more berths are available for a group that includes Mary Akor, Samia Akbar, Zoila Gomez and Kate O'Neill.
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