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Los Angeles to host 2016 Olympic Team Trials
For Men’s and Women’s Marathon
LOS ANGELES ÛÒThe
City of Los Angeles will host the WomenÛªs and MenÛªs 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials ÛÒ Marathon, USA Track & Field, the U.S. Olympic Committee, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and LA MARATHON LLC announced Wednesday. The
2016 Olympic Trials will be held Feb. 13, 2016. With separate starts, the menÛªs and womenÛªs races both will be carried in their entirety on NBC. ÛÏWe are thrilled with what Los Angeles will provide to our athletes, the Olympic movement and the sport of long distance running by hosting this event,Û USATF CEO Max Siegel said. ÛÏWith television coverage on NBC and incredible public and private support for the race in one of the worldÛªs biggest media markets, everything is in place to continue to elevate the Olympic Trials and give our athletes a platform on which they can truly shine.Û ÛÏI’m happy and honored USA Track & Field and the U.S. Olympic Committee have chosen Los Angeles as host city for the 2016 Olympic marathon trials,Û said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. ÛÏWith its iconic landmarks and decades of experience hosting world class sporting events, Los Angeles is the ideal location for AmericaÛªs elite marathoners to prepare for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.Û ÛÏThe
U.S. Olympic Committee is pleased to be returning to Los Angeles with this amazing event,Û USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said. ÛÏAs the host of the 1932 and 1984 Olympic Games, Los Angeles has a tremendous Olympic legacy and L.A.Ûªs status as a global center of sport and culture make it an exceptional host for the Olympic Trials.Û Making history
In
winning the bid, LA MARATHON LLC proposed a February race date that accommodates an NBC broadcast and ensures athletes optimal time to recover should they choose to run in the 2016 Olympic Trials for Track & Field in June. The LA Marathon will follow a day later, on Feb. 14, 2016, providing a weekend festival that celebrates road racing on all levels. ÛÏSecuring the privilege of hosting the Olympic Trials Marathon could not have been accomplished without the tireless partnership and commitment from business and civic leaders across Los Angeles, including the LA Sports Council,Û said Tracey Russell, CEO of LA MARATHON LLC. ÛÏIt truly seems appropriate that today, some 30 years after Joan Benoit SamuelsonÛªs 1984 triumph in the first Olympic womenÛªs marathon here in this city, weÛªre announcing once again that AmericaÛªs Olympic marathoners will create history and find glory on the streets of Los Angeles. By securing the Olympic Trials, Los Angeles is now set to deliver this cityÛªs biggest running weekend since that iconic victory, providing our LA Marathon participants and fans with a rare opportunity to be part of an Olympic Trials celebration.Û ÛÏCongratulations to Mayor Garcetti, to our team at LA MARATHON LLC, and to all of our partners involved in the 2016 Olympic Trials bid,Û said Frank McCourt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McCourt Global, who in 2008 acquired the operating rights to the LA Marathon. ÛÏTodayÛªs announcement clearly illustrates the positive impact that smart people and effective public-private partnerships can deliver for the community and for the sports weÛªre passionate about. We hope that today marks the start of a very long and productive relationship between LA MARATHON LLC and USA Track & Field.Û National Tour
Hosting the 2016 Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles continues a national tour for the event: In 2004, the womenÛªs Olympic Trials were in St. Louis and menÛªs in Birmingham, Ala.; the 2008 Olympic Trials were held in Boston (women) and New York (men); and 2012 saw both races together for the first time in Houston. USATF entertained bids for the 2016 Olympic Trials from three cities: Cincinnati, Houston and Los Angeles. ÛÏHouston
did a phenomenal job hosting the first combined menÛªs and womenÛªs marathon Olympic Trials in 2012,Û Siegel said. ÛÏIn Los Angeles, we will continue to grow that model and help elevate the excitement for the Olympic Trials throughout the country.Û Start times and specifics on the criterium courses for both the menÛªs and womenÛªs races will be determined in coming months.
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USA Track & Field
(USATF) is the National Governing Body for track and field, long-distance running and race walking in the United States. USATF encompasses the world’s oldest organized sports, some of the most-watched events of Olympic broadcasts, the countryÛªs #1 high school and junior high school participatory sport and more than 30 million adult runners in the United States. For more information on USATF, visit www.usatf.org. LA MARATHON LLC
is a leading U.S. running organization dedicated to inspiring the athlete in every runner and connecting communities through health and fitness. The LA Marathon is among the largest marathons in the country with more than 25,000 participants, thousands of volunteers and hundreds of thousands of spectators. The ÛÏStadium to the SeaÛ course, starting at Dodger Stadium and finishing near the Santa Monica Pier, is one of the most scenic in the world, taking runners on a tour of Los Angeles past every major landmark. The race has been named Best Big City Race by RunnerÛªs World.
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