At the moment’s Copenhagen Marathon served as the ultimate alternative for elite marathoners making an Olympic bid, with the window of qualification for Paris 2024 now closed. For Canadians, outcomes from right this moment’s race haven’t modified the expected Paris-bound workforce, as no males achieved commonplace of two:08:10 (there have been no elite females within the area).
Copenhagan noticed Ottawa’s Lee Wesselius high the Canadian outcomes with a formidable tenth place end in 2:15:31, simply shy of his PB that he set in Berlin final October. Canada’s high feminine was Simone Lussier in 3:22:33.
It was a disappointing day for 2020 Olympian Ben Preisner, whose private greatest of two:08:58 (set in February) put him inside hanging distance of the boys’s commonplace. The younger Canadian had focused Copenhagen as his remaining likelihood to qualify for his second Olympics, however struggled in right this moment’s race. At 28, Preisner has proven spectacular expertise within the marathon and absolutely has extra to indicate within the distance; whereas we gained’t see him in Paris this summer season, he stays the second quickest Canadian male marathoner, and has a promising profession forward.
Properly achieved @LeeWesselius Prime 10 at this morning’s @cphmarathon 2:15:31. Valiant #Paris2024 effort by Ben Preisner 2:36:49 pic.twitter.com/bJbTSRhlUd
— alan brookes, CRS (@alnbrookes) Might 5, 2024
There have been quite a lot of different Canadian age-group finishers within the high 20 of their respective fields. Under are the highest Canadian outcomes:
Prime 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
Prime 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 division with a time of three:24:49.
Peter Orr positioned twelfth within the males’s 70-74 clocking 4:24:37. Walter Kuhn was simply behind him in 14th with a time of 4:43:40.
Full outcomes will be discovered right here. Congratulations to all who raced right this moment.
