Kelowna’s Malindi Elmore achieves Paris Olympics standard, sets personal best at Berlin Marathon

Kelowna’s Malindi Elmore achieves Paris Olympics standard, sets personal best at Berlin Marathon

UPDATE: 1 p.m. Elmore tells Castanet she was very happy with Sunday's race. "(I) executed it perfectly with nearly identical splits (1:11:50 / 1:11:40) for my two halves," she says. "I stayed patient and relaxed and then did my best in the last 10 km to run people down." Her ...

Canadian marathoner Malindi Elmore achieves Paris Olympic standard in Berlin

Malindi Elmore, a 43-year-old mother of two from Kelowna, B.C., achieved the qualifying standard for the women's Olympic marathon in Paris, finishing 13th among female participants in two hours 23 minutes 30 seconds on Sunday in Berlin.