Kenyans Sweep Boston Marathon, but Americans Finish Strong Rupp, who was running his first big-city marathon after taking the bronze medal in the event in the Rio Olympics, stayed with Kirui until the final stages, but couldn’t cover Kirui’s move to the lead in the final two miles.

Americans were, for once, among distance running elite at the 2017 Boston Marathon Galen Rupp finished 2nd in the men's race and Jordan Hasay 3rd in the women's at the 121st Boston Marathon.

A Marathon Newbie, Rupp Looks to Break Through In Boston Galen Rupp is among the favorites to win the Boston Marathon, even though he’s never won one before and only one American has won the race in the last 30 years.

America’s Overperforming Olympic Distance Runners This weekend Galen Rupp, from Portland, Oregon, took bronze in the Olympic marathon, becoming the seventh and final American distance runner to medal in Rio.

Rupp gets bronze, but silver medalist gets all the attention in marathon The beginning of Galen Rupp ’s Olympic marathon career — opening with a bronze-medal performance — collided with the conclusion of Meb Keflezighi ’s on Sunday.

American Galen Rupp Earns Bronze In Only His Second-Ever Marathon Before today’s running of the men’s marathon, U.S. runner Galen Rupp had only tackled 26.2 miles once—at the U.S. Olympic trials, which he won with a time of 2:11:12. He finished third today in Rio, at 2:10:05.

Galen Rupp wins first marathon medal for United States since 2004 It’s not every day that you hear an Olympic medalist credit Adam Sandler for anything. Then again, it’s not every day that a runner tries what Galen Rupp did at these Olympics. After winning a silver medal in the 10,000 meters at the London Game Read more ... s, the 30-year-old American came to Rio with an ambitio...

Rio Olympics: Kipchoge Wins Men’s Marathon; Lilesa and Rupp Finish 2nd and 3rd Live coverage of the men’s marathon in Rio on Sunday.

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