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News From: Friday, February 24, 2017
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Feyisa Lilesa, Marathoner in Exile, Finds Refuge in Arizona (The New York Times) Ethiopian Feyisa Lilesa, who won a silver medal in the Rio Olympics, is now in Arizona with his family after he sought political asylum.
News From: Wednesday, February 15, 2017
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Beautiful scenes as Rio Olympian finally reunited with family (Yahoo Seven Sport) Feyisa Lilesa is finally reunited with his family after making a controversial political statement in Rio six months ago.
News From: Tuesday, February 14, 2017
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Ethiopian runner who protested in Rio reunites with family (The Tribune) Ethiopian Feyisa Lilesa finally reunited with his family 6 months after he sought political asylum in the U.S. when he made a political statement in Rio Olympics.
News From: Monday, August 22, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Jordanian Olympic Marathon runner beaten by stray dog (Yahoo) Jordan's Methkal Abu Drais finished 140th, behind a Japanese comedian, a stray dog and an Argentinian running sideways.
		Korir: Mix-up caused Olympic marathon exit (courier-journal) Kenyans Wesley Korir and Stanley Biwott dropped out of the race after a water mix-up that resulted to their serious stomach problems.
News From: Sunday, August 21, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Kenya Wins Gold in Men's Marathon; US Takes Bronze (NBC 4 New York) In the field of 155 runners, the biggest in Olympic history, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya won the gold medal in 2:08:44.
		Bronze medalist Galen Rupp on the marathon: 'Maybe this is my best event' (USA Today) Galen Rupp, running the second marathon of his life, finished with the bronze medal at the Olympics.
		Rio Olympics: India's Thanackal Gopi, Kheta Ram clock personal best in marathon (The Times of India) Indian runners, Thanackal Gopi and Kheta Ram, put up an inspired show and clock their personal best timings to finish 25th and 26th in the men's marathon.
		Marathon Silver Medalist: If I Go Back To Ethiopia, They Might Kill Me (FloTrack) Ethiopian Feyisa Lilesa, silver medalist in the Olympic men's marathon, fears for his safety after he put his arms up in an X as a sign of protest against the government.
		Olympics: Utahn Jared Ward runs race of his life, finishes 6th in Rio marathon (The Salt Lake Tribune) Jared Ward from Utah finished 6th in the Olympics marathon, a personal best of 2:11:30.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Canadas Eric Gillis finishes 10th in Olympic mens marathon (thestar.com) Eric Gillis finished 10th in the Olympics men's marathon, the highest marathon finish for a Canadian since 1976.
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Meb has rough Rio marathon but finishes (The San Diego Union-Tribune) Meb Keflezighi had an upset stomach, threw up 7 times during the race but managed to finish 33rd in 2:16:46.
News From: Thursday, August 18, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Former slave to run for South Sudan in Olympic marathon (Reuters) South Sudanese Olympic athlete Guor Marial lost family members, was kidnapped and ended up a slave during Sudan's long civil war.
News From: Saturday, August 13, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Galen Rupp's daunting quest: Medals in 10K and marathon (USA Today) American long distance runner Galen Rupp will attempt to run in both the Olympic marathon and the 10,000-meter race.
News From: Thursday, August 11, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Want To See A Faster Olympic Marathon? Move It To The Winter Games (FiveThirtyEight) Weather is one of the factors why there is little chance of breaking marathon records in the Olympics in Rio.
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Olympic Preview: Men's and Women's Marathon (FloSports) This provides a list of contenders likely to win the women's marathon that begins Sunday, August 14, and the men's race that begins Sunday, August 21.
News From: Wednesday, August 10, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Olympics: Marathon men ready to rumble (The Star, Kenya) Kenya's men marathon team is ready to win a second Olympic gold medal.
News From: Saturday, August 6, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		The man who foiled Vanderlei de Lima in 2004 Athens marathon admits regrets (USA Today) Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, who lit the caldron at the Rio Olympics, was stopped on the way to victory in the Olympic marathon in Athens in 2004 by Neil Horan, who now expressed regrets for the action.
News From: Thursday, August 4, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Greek lawyer had no idea he had qualified for the Olympics until he read a website 3 months before the games began (Business Insider) Michalis Kalomiris, a lawyer and amateur marathoner from Greece, qualified for the Olympics without expecting it.
		Luxembourg marathon runner competes for Refugee Team (Luxemburger Wort) Yonas Kinde, who came to Luxembourg from Ethiopia and was granted international protection status, will represent Refugee Team in the men's marathon.
News From: Monday, August 1, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Chicago Marathon Runners to Compete in Rio Games (NBC 5 Chicago) There are 22 previous Chicago Marathon runners who will run under their respective countries at the Summer Olympics at Rio.
News From: Thursday, July 28, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Marathon runner Paul Martelletti loses Rio appeal after Sports Tribunal of New Zealand decision (Stuff) The Sports Tribunal of New Zealand ruled against the appeal of Marathon runner Paul Martelletti on Athletics New Zealand's decision not to select him for next month's Rio Olympics.
News From: Friday, July 22, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		CAS reject Irish marathon runner's appeal against the team selection for Rio Olympics (Independent.ie) The Court of Arbitration rejected the appeal of Irish marathon runner Sergiu Ciobanu against his omission from the Irish Olympic team for Rio.
News From: Tuesday, July 19, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Marathon unpredictable: Nitendra Singh Rawat - Olympic Marathon (Deccan) Nitendra Singh Rawat is preparing to represent his country in the Olympics in Rio next month.
News From: Friday, July 15, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Manawatu marathon man Martelletti misses Rio Olympics cut (ManawatuStandard) Although Paul Martelletti ran twice under the IAAF Olympic qualifying standard of 2 hours 19 minutes this year, he did not qualify under the tough New Zealand criteria of 2hr 14min.
News From: Monday, June 13, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Olympics: Meb Keflezighi will try to become oldest marathon medalist (Los Angeles Daily News) Meb Keflezighi at age 41 when he races in Rio de Janeiro will try to become the oldest to win an Olympic gold medal.
News From: Wednesday, June 8, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Ethiopian officials: Bekele won't make Olympic marathon team (The News & Observer) Despite strong criticism by other elite athletes, Ethiopian track and field officials will not reconsider the selection criteria to allow Kenenisa Bekele a spot in the Olympic marathon team.
News From: Tuesday, May 24, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Athletics Ireland reject suggestion that marathon runner's Moldovan background led to Rio omission (newstalk) Moldavan-born Irish marathon runner Sergiu Ciobanu was omitted from Ireland team on criteria set by Athletics Ireland.
		Human Interest Story
		Athletics Ireland choose representatives for marathon event at Rio (Newstalk.com) Kevin Seaward, Mick Clohisey and Paul Pollock will all represent Ireland in the men's marathon at this summer's Olympic Games in Rio
News From: Monday, May 23, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Rio Olympics: Scott Westcott's marathon debut after almost giving up the dream (ABC Central West) For marathon runner, Scott Westcott, his selection in the Rio Olympics marathon has been a dream interrupted, and he never thought he would make his first Olympics at the age of 40.
News From: Friday, May 20, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Ethiopia: Mare Dibaba Leads Ethiopia's Olympic Marathon Team (All Africa) World marathon champion Mare Dibaba is one of six athletes who will represent Ethiopia in the marathon at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
News From: Thursday, May 19, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Ethiopia announces 2016 Olympic marathon team (Sports Illustrated) Ethiopia has announced its marathon team of three men and three women for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
News From: Thursday, May 12, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Marathon runner becomes Australia's oldest track and field Olympian (The Guardian) Scott Westcott will be 40 years and 331 days when he runs Rio marathon
News From: Tuesday, May 10, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kenya Names Olympic Marathon Team (IAAF) Athletics Kenya confirmed the names of the six athletes who will represent Kenya in the marathon at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
News From: Monday, May 9, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Kenya: Marathon Team Takes Shape (All Africa) London Marathon champions Eliud Kipchoge and Jemimah Sumgong will lead Kenya's marathon assault at the Rio Olympic Games
News From: Thursday, March 31, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Sonia OSullivan: Do marathon runners a favour and select for Rio now (The Irish Times) Every country has a different selection procedure to represent their country at the Olympic Games in the Marathon. The Irish qualification process in called into question in this Irish Times article.
News From: Sunday, February 28, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Keflezighi sets sights for Rio marathon at age 41 (Reuters.com) Meb Keflezighi has run past his humble beginnings, his marathon opponents and his advanced age as he reaches distances only he can see. When the Rio Olympics are held in August, Keflezighi, who turns 41 in May, will be the oldest United States Olympic marathon runner in history. It could be the latest chapter in a career that is finally nearing the finish line.
News From: Saturday, January 23, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Olympic marathon trials field includes more than 400 runners (ESPN.go.com) Last Sunday, the final day of qualifying for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials on Feb. 13 in Los Angeles, 15 runners from the Houston Marathon and Half Marathon achieved their first qualifying times, while two men and one woman got in based on their efforts at the Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Half Marathon.
News From: Friday, January 22, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Mile posts: Brogan Austin tackles first marathon at Olympic Trials (Des Moines Register) Brogan Austin is venturing into the great unknown next month at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.
News From: Monday, January 18, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Coatesville's Dawson aiming for the Olympic marathon (Philly.com) Kyle Dawson's first marathon will be a big one. On Feb. 13, he is to run in the Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles. The top three male and female runners are to go on to represent the United States this summer in the Rio 2016 Olympics.
News From: Wednesday, January 13, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Can Galen Rupp Pull Off a 10,000m and Marathon Double in Rio? (Outside Online) A few months after Mo Farah won Olympic gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the 2012 Games, his coach, Alberto Salazar, suggested that Great Britains star runner might attempt an even more ambitious feat in Rio 2016."My guess is that he will do a 10/marathon double," Salazar told the BBC in October 2012.
News From: Tuesday, January 12, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Chasing Canada's 40-year-old marathon record (TorontoSun.com) Yet there it is, 40 years and counting. Drayton's best time, 2:10.09, set on Dec.7, 1975, at the Fukuoka Marathon in Kyushu, Japan- considered the unofficial world championship for the marathon - has yet to be bested. No Canadian has even come close to breaking it ... that is until this past September when 2012 Olympian Reid Coolsaet crossed the finish line at the Berlin Marathon in 2:10.29. The Hamilton-born runner has improved steadily since switching to the marathon in 2009 and is bearing down on Drayton's time. Though Coolsaet's priority this year is for a good performance at the Rio Olympics, he's bound and determined to be the man to finally break the mythical mark.
		One month out and Dathan Ritzenhein feeling good about Olympic marathon trials (Mlive.com) The 33-year-old, who has been in the distance running spotlight for close to an eternity himself, sees the time as an advantage in his final preparations for the Feb. 13 trials in Los Angeles.
News From: Wednesday, January 6, 2016
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Weaver qualifies for U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (Delaware Online) The ex-Wilmington Charter and University of Delaware runner ran a 1:04:27 at the Jacksonville (Fla.) Half-Marathon to earn a spot in the Feb. 13 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles.
News From: Tuesday, December 22, 2015
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Human Interest Story
		Czech athletes to seek inspiration from four-time Olympic champion at Rio 2016 (Inside the Games.biz) A silhouetted image of four-time Olympic champion Emil Zátopek will be depicted on the clothing of the Czech athletes at Rio 2016 while competitors will learn of the legendary runners career in the lead-up to the Games, the Czech Olympic Committee (OV) has announced.
News From: Sunday, December 20, 2015
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Rio Olympics Marathon Gold On My Mind, Says Eliud Kipchoge (All Africa) London and Berlin Marathons champion Eliud Kipchoge hopes to represent the country at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Kipchoge, who ran two fastest times in the world this season while winning in London and Berlin, said he is focused on giving Kenya its second Olympics marathon victory.
News From: Friday, December 18, 2015
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Kenenisa Bekeles marathon dreams (LiveMint.com) But the Ethiopian distance runner, 33, is used to living in the shadow of more flamboyant champions. He likes it that way. He erased his more famous countryman Haile Gebrselassies track records long ago, yet Gebrselassie remains the Emperor; his face, lit in a wide smile, the most immediately recognizable symbol of Africas dominance in distance running.
News From: Thursday, December 17, 2015
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		Cebu's running pride guns for Rio Olympics, new Hong Kong Marathon record (Interaksyon.com) Cebus running pride Mary Joy Tabal guns to qualify for the Rio Olympics in the Boston Marathon in April and tries to break another Philippine record in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon in January.
News From: Wednesday, December 16, 2015
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Pre-Race Review/ Lineup
		RIO 2016 Olympics: Be Ready, We Are Coming: Kenyans athletes looking forward to good year, unfazed by recent doping allegations (Standard Media Digital) London Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge, who was being awarded at home for the first time in his 13 years of running at the top level, is looking forward to Rio.
News From: Sunday, December 13, 2015
	Olympics 2016 (Men)
		Post-Race Review/ Results
		Galen Rupp wins half-marathon, qualifies for Olympic Trials Marathon (SI.com) Olympic silver medalist Galen Rupp won Sunday's Foot Traffic Holiday Half Marathon in Portland, Ore. in 61:20 to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials on. Feb. 13 in Los Angeles.

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