2020 Canadian Olympic marathoner Trevor Hofbauer is not going to be aiming for the ultimate spot on the Canadian males’s marathon staff. The 32-year-old revealed in a social media publish that he is not going to be taking another shot to make the 2024 Olympic Staff, after injuring his Achilles tendon in coaching.
“After a disappointing end result in Valencia, I used to be left trying on the stars for solutions,” Hofbauer stated on Instagram. “I used to be so upset that a fantastic alternative slipped via my fingers, and it was a tough tablet to swallow, however I’ve been utilizing it as motivation this winter to work in direction of another shot at making the 2024 Olympic Staff.
“Once more, I’m trying as much as the celebrities for solutions after injuring my Achilles a few weeks in the past. I cannot be racing this spring, and for the primary time in a very long time, I’ll cheer on Staff Canada from the sofa. Luck performs a giant position in making groups, and I really feel like luck didn’t go my approach this time. Additionally, thanks @saucony for being in my nook via this time.”
Hofbauer, a three-time Canadian marathon champion, represented Staff Canada within the occasion on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the place he positioned forty seventh, in 2:19:57. He is just one of 4 Canadian males to run below the two:10 mark for the marathon, and his private greatest of two:09:51 from the 2019 Toronto Waterfront Marathon stands because the sixth-fastest time in Canadian historical past.
The Burnaby, B.C., native gave qualifying for Paris a shot however got here up nicely wanting the lads’s Olympic normal of two:08:10 on the 2023 Valencia Marathon, ending one hundred and seventy fifth total, in 2:22:55—the slowest time of his profession.
What is going to it take to qualify for the Canadian Olympic marathon staff?
With the Olympic marathon window closing in lower than 60 days, there are solely two Canadian marathoners at present certified for Paris (Cam Levins and Rory Linkletter). Ben Preisner, who additionally represented Canada within the marathon in 2021, is on the surface trying in—ranked 87th of 80 allotted spots. Preisner will seemingly have to run one other marathon and hit the usual to maneuver up within the rankings and punch his ticket to Paris.
Two different marathoners on the surface trying in are 2023 Canadian marathon champion Thomas Broatch and a couple of:10 marathoner Tristian Woodfine. Woodfine can be competing on the 2024 Boston Marathon, whereas Broatch eyes a late spring race after working 2:11 two months in the past in Houston.
