Malindi Elmore dominates Canadian 10K Championships in Ottawa
On Saturday night time time on the 2024 Canadian 10K Championships at Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, Malindi Elmore gained her first nationwide 10K title in 15 years, breaking the tape with a dominant time of 32 minutes and 50 seconds. (Her ultimate 10K nationwide title acquired right here in 2009.)
With uncertainty throughout the well being of 2023 10K champion Natasha Wodak, who ran the Hamburg Marathon 4 weeks up to now. It launched an opportunity for Elmore to push the tempo from the start. The 44-year-old from Kelowna, B.C. was out on her private by 3K, opening up a near 20-second gap on the halfway degree.
In a post-race interview, Elmore acknowledged the aim of presently was to hurt. “It hurt very loads,” she laughed. “I hoped of us would come with me, nevertheless it didn’t happen.”
“All the degree of presently was hurt with what’s ahead.”
– Malindi Elmore on worthwhile the 🇨🇦 10K champs and her first title in 15 years pic.twitter.com/WpQSiQOWCp
— Canadian Working (@CanadianRunning) May 25, 2024
Elmore’s worthwhile time was solely six seconds once more of her 10K non-public higher of 32:44 from 2019. She acquired right here into the Ottawa 10K with the primary focus of using the race as a stepping stone in her Paris Olympic marathon assemble, 11 weeks from now.
“I really feel we’re in an ideal place,” says Elmore on her Paris Olympic marathon assemble. “The new button is to get in all probability probably the most out of your self whereas staying healthful… It’s a pleasant line.”
Cleo Boyd accomplished second in 33:12 (a model new non-public most interesting), with Vancouver’s Wodak third in 33:21. Notably, two of the very best three finishers are grasp’s runners. (Elmore is 44 and Wodak is 42.)
Excessive 10 Girls
- Malindi Elmore 32:50
- Cleo Boyd 33:12 PB
- Natasha Wodak 33:21
- Lanni Marchant 33:31
- Salome Nyirarukundo 33:59
- Caroline Pomerleau 34:01
- Sophia Jacobs-Townsley 34:08
- Makenna Fitzgerald 34:10
- Eliyah Brawdy 34:15
- Elissa Morin 34:17
Ben Flanagan breaks his nationwide file at Canadian 10K Championships
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