![]() ![]() “Seeing your peers do incredible things kind of gives you the courage to go after it,” Seidel said. Like her friend Courtney Frerichs, who earned silver in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She said she drew inspiration from teammates competing in Tokyo. “This is the day you dream of your entire life. “I was just kind of overcome and started crying a little bit,” said Seidel, who went to Notre Dame for college. Right after the race, NBC helped facilitate a call to her relatives, who were watching in Wisconsin. ![]() I mean, Olympics only happens once every four years, you might as well take your shot.” “Just trying to, like, stick my nose where it didn’t belong and just kind of get after it. “I wanted to go and just be that person that when you’re racing and all these women were probably like, ‘Who the hell is this girl?’” she said. Her best was 2:25:13, and there were numerous runners with sub-2:20. She wasn’t selling herself short, just looking at times. To think, she was envisioning a top-10 finish, maybe top-five if things went right. Related : From June: It’s not the Olympics Molly Seidel expected, but the marathoner is grateful she’ll be in Tokyo at all ![]() Seidel finished strong - spurred on by a rare cheering crowd that lined the course - to secure that medal. It was down to four at one point with about four kilometers remaining when Lonah Salpeter suddenly stopped and walked to the side of the road (she would finish). Then, world champion Ruth Chepngetich dropped out on a hot day that led the race to be moved up an hour (Seidel found out night the night before at dinner and went straight to bed). “Being able to run with them, a lot of it is just staying calm, and not trying to think, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re running with the fastest women in the world.’ It’s just trying to be like, ‘OK, focus on your race, focus and what you need to do, and stay in it.’” “I was a little bit star-struck,” said Seidel, who finished second at the US Olympic marathon trials in February 2019 to earn a spot for Tokyo. ![]() Gold medalist Peres Jepchirchir of Team Kenya, silver medalist Brigid Kosgei of Team Kenya and bronze medalist Molly Seidel of Team United States pose for photos after finishing the Women's Marathon Final on day fifteen of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Kasumigaseki Country Club on Augin Kawagoe, Japan. ![]()
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