Boston, Mass. — The Boston Athletic Association, in conjunction with NBC Sports and NBCSports.com, announced today that live coverage of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon will be available on NBCSports.com/marathon <http://www.nbcsports.com/marathon> on Sunday, April 20. Additionally, a 60-minute highlights show will air on MSNBC on Sunday, April 27 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET.
The 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon will be held at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 20, and will be run on a unique multi-loop course in downtown Boston and Cambridge. The race will feature more than 100 of the top female marathoners in America vying for a chance to represent the United States at the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer. Among the athletes entered in the field are 2004 Olympic Marathon bronze medalist Deena Kastor, 1984 Olympic Marathon gold medalist Joan Samuelson, and 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon champion Colleen De Reuck.
“Playing host to the event, the Boston Athletic Association felt strongly that the U.S. Olympic Team Trials-Women’s Marathon in Boston, on the occasion of Patriots’ Day weekend and the Boston Marathon, should feature television and internet coverage with video streaming,” said Guy Morse, B.A.A. Executive Director. “These are America’s best female marathoners and many have been training their entire athletic lives for this moment. They deserve to receive the spotlight that our broadcast coverage will give them as we simultaneously provide inspiration for the next generation of U.S. women.”
