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Defending champion John Korir broke the Boston Marathon course record on Monday, riding a tailwind to a win in two hours one minute 42 seconds, the fifth-fastest marathon of all time. Calgary-born Rory Linkletter ran his best marathon in 2:06:04. CBC | Sports News
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Rory Linkletter runs under 1 hour to break Canadian half marathon record for 2nd time in 4 years
Rory Linkletter is the first Canadian to run a half marathon under one hour, achieving the feat on a cool Sunday morning in Houston with a 59-minute 49-second clocking to beat former record holder Cam Levins by 69 seconds. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Marathoner Rory Linkletter has made notable strides. Now he’s got Canada’s best in his sights
At the 47th Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Rory Linkletter will target Cam Levins’s 2:05:36 Canadian and North American record when he starts his 42.2-kilometre journey at 8:30 a.m. ET. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Linkletter runs to 1st Canadian title, beating 3-time defending champ Levins in half marathon
Calgary-born Rory Linkletter edged Cam Levins of Black Creek, B.C., at the line on Sunday in Edmonton, collecting his first-ever Canadian title with a one-hour three-minute half marathon. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Linkletter narrowly close to winning his 1st-ever marathon, placing 2nd in Ottawa
Rory Linkletter, who wanted his first-ever victory in marathon to occur on home soil, finished second on Sunday morning in Ottawa in two hours eight minutes 31 seconds. A day earlier, Quebec City’s Charles Philibert-Thiboutot lowered the Canadian record in the 10K. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Linkletter eyes 1st marathon win next month in Ottawa after ‘surreal’ Boston performance
Fresh off a personal-best time and sixth-place finish in Monday’s Boston Marathon, Calgary-born Rory Linkletter will be looking for his first victory in the event on May 25 in Ottawa. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Racing at ‘new level,’ Canada’s Rory Linkletter aims for career-best marathon in Boston
Canadian Olympian Rory Linkletter will run the Boston Marathon on Monday morning, looking to redeem himself after an “atrocious” debut there in 2021 led to a 33rd-place finish after he was in the lead pack for the first half of the race. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Rory Linkletter sets personal-best time at Sevilla Marathon in Spain
Rory Linkletter became the second Canadian long-distance runner to hit the men’s Olympic A standard on Sunday. The 27-year-old from Calgary set a time of two hours, eight minutes, one second at the Sevilla Marathon in Spain. CBC | Sports News
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