Athletics-Olympic marathoners ready to go the distance in New York


FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's Marathon - Medal Ceremony - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – August 8, 2021. Bronze medallist Molly Seidel of the United States celebrates on the podium REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Molly Seidel's 2021 plans once seemed reasonable - the American would compete at the Tokyo Olympics and then prepare to line up in Sunday's New York City Marathon.

However, having won bronze in the marathon at the Games in August, the 27-year-old on Thursday conceded that the schedule had been "a lot harder than I thought it was going to be."

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