These days’s Copenhagen Marathon served as the overall alternative for elite marathoners making an Olympic bid, with the window of qualification for Paris 2024 now closed. For Canadians, effects from as of late’s race have now not modified the expected Paris-bound crew, as no males accomplished usual of two:08:10 (there have been no elite women within the box).
Copenhagan noticed Ottawa’s Lee Wesselius best the Canadian effects with an excellent tenth position end in 2:15:31, simply shy of his PB that he set in Berlin ultimate October. Canada’s best feminine was once Simone Lussier in 3:22:33.
It was once a disappointing day for 2020 Olympian Ben Preisner, whose non-public easiest of two:08:58 (set in February) put him inside hanging distance of the boys’s usual. The younger Canadian had centered Copenhagen as his ultimate probability to qualify for his 2d Olympics, however struggled in as of late’s race. At 28, Preisner has proven spectacular ability within the marathon and indisputably has extra to turn within the distance; whilst we received’t see him in Paris this summer season, he stays the second one quickest Canadian male marathoner in historical past and has a promising trajectory forward.
Smartly carried out @LeeWesselius Most sensible 10 at this morning’s @cphmarathon 2:15:31. Valiant #Paris2024 effort by means of Ben Preisner 2:36:49 %.twitter.com/bJbTSRhlUd
— alan brookes, CRS (@alnbrookes) Might 5, 2024
There have been various different Canadian age-group finishers within the best 20 in their respective fields. Beneath are the highest Canadian effects:
Most sensible 10 Canadian males total
- Lee Wesselius 2:15:31 (4th in Males 30-34)
- Thomas Broatch 2:24:04 (ninth in Males 25-29)
- Greg Pigeon 2:26:51 (twelfth in Males 30-34)
- Carlos Lesser 2:32:40
- Ben Preisner 2:36:49
- Ben Waite 2:43:08
- Tim Abercrombie 2:53:24
- Colin Foley 3:03:35
- Jordan Mctaggart 3:04:46
- Luke Schindler 3:06:08
Most sensible 10 Canadian girls total
- Simone Lussier 3:22:33
- Michelle Lam 3:24:11
- Sophie Wright 3:30:39
- Kylie Nabata 3:34:33
- Emily Newton 3:46:32
- Amanda Milburn 3:47:23
- Ana King 3:52:12
- Crista Brooks 3:58:30
- Juliette Dejonge 3:59:22
- Jenny Mccandie 4:06:55
Gordon Reid positioned sixth within the males’s 65-69 department with a time of three:24:49.
Peter Orr positioned twelfth within the males’s 70-74 clocking 4:24:37. Walter Kuhn was once simply in the back of him in 14th with a time of four:43:40.
Complete effects will also be discovered right here. Congratulations to all who raced as of late.