Then, world champion Ruth Chepngetich dropped out on a hot day that led the race to be moved up an hour (Seidel found out night the night before at dinner and went straight to bed).

“Being able to run with them, a lot of it is just staying calm, and not trying to think, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re running with the fastest women in the world.’ It’s just trying to be like, ‘OK, focus on your race, focus and what you need to do, and stay in it.’” Olympic marathon trials in February 2019 to earn a spot for Tokyo. “I was a little bit star-struck,” said Seidel, who finished second at the U.S. Seidel finished behind Kenyan marathoners Peres Jepchirchir and Brigid Kosgei on a sweltering Saturday run through the streets of Sapporo at the Tokyo Games. Recalling that moment, she laughed and said: “I was little bit off but still got the medal. SAPPORO, Japan (AP) - Maybe the person most surprised by the bronze medal in the women’s Olympic marathon was the bronze medalist herself, Molly Seidel.Įven if a medal was something she did set as a goal all the way back in fourth grade.įor a class project, Seidel scribbled in black ink on the back of a decorated card: “I wish I will make it into the Olympics and win a gold medal.”

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