{"id":83782,"date":"2024-03-05T12:46:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=83782"},"modified":"2024-03-05T12:46:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:46:06","slug":"welsh-marathon-record-holder-clara-evans-hopes-to-take-final-team-gb-olympic-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/03\/05\/welsh-marathon-record-holder-clara-evans-hopes-to-take-final-team-gb-olympic-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh marathon record holder, Clara Evans, hopes to take final Team GB Olympic spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

‘I need to be running sub-70 [minutes] to have a chance’ – Evans takes aim at Berlin Half Marathon on April 7 <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

WELSH marathon record holder, Clara Evans, hopes to take the final spot on the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evans, 30, is racing at the Berlin Half Marathon on April 7 in a bid to be selected for her first Olympics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evans, who lives in Cardiff and runs for Pontypridd Roadents Athletic Club<\/a>, has done several marathons, saying: “I know what I am doing, and I just need to execute it right on the day.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evans, from Hereford, needs to run the qualifying time of 70:30 in Berlin but because of the stiff competition she believes she is going to have run faster: “I need to be running sub 70 [minutes] to have a chance.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of the three spots<\/a> on the team have been confirmed already with Charlotte Purdue and Calli Hauger-Thackery confirmed in the team. The final place on the team will be picked on April 22 and will be based off the remaining athletes’ current form.<\/p>\n\n\n

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