The fastest marathoners in America competed in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday for a coveted spot on the U.S. Olympic team. Our photographers captured the action-packed 2024 Olympic Trials as five athletes secured a place on the starting line at the Olympics in Paris this summer.
Fiona O’Keeffe wins the Olympic Trials in her debut marathon.
Winner Conner Mantz (right) hugs his training partner and second-place finisher Clayton Young.
The lead women round a corner.
Sara Hall took fifth, setting an American marathon masters record in her third Olympic Marathon Trials.
The lead men race past a group of spectators.
149 women and 200 men lined up for the 2024 Trials.
The top three finishers celebrate as Galen Rupp, winner of the last two Olympic Trials, recovers.
From left, Fiona O’Keeffe, Emily Sisson, and Dakotah Lindwurm celebrate after securing spots on the Olympic team.
O’Keeffe’s 2:22:10 time is a new Olympic Trials record. She put a gel in her sports bra, which caused chafing and bled onto her bib, according to journalist David Monti.
“I’m such an underdog. I was a walk-on to my Division 2 team, so I just feel blessed to be here,” Lindwurm said after taking third.
“The last two miles, I wasn’t sure if I was gonna be able to finish,” Mantz said. “But Clayton just kept saying, ‘Hey, just run behind me. We got this, just stay together.’”
Runners raced three 8-mile loops around downtown Orlando on a sunny and warm day.
Tristin Van Ord finished 17th with a 2:30:34.
Maegan Krifchin ran seven months pregnant.
Leonard Korir finished third, but his place on the Olympic team is uncertain.
