Molly Huddle to focus on the 10,000m in Rio, relinquishes spot on 5000m team

Molly Huddle, photo by PhotoRun.net

ELMIRA (USA): As expected, Molly Huddle decided to relinquish her Olympics spot in the women’s 5,000 meters after winning the event Sunday night at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Huddle will focus her attention in Rio de Janeiro on the 10,000 meters. She won that event at the U.S. Trials on July 2 on her way to becoming the first woman to win U.S. championships in both the 5K and 10K in the same year. Last year US runner finished fourth at Beijing Worlds over 10000m.

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RunBlogRun opines: Of course, Molly Huddle is not running the 5000 meters. If she did, that would give her two less 20 milers in her build up to her marathond debut. Molly Huddle will do her thing over 10,000m, hopefully garnering a medal, and then, it is off to the Big Apple in November.

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