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San Francisco Elites Taint City with a Bad Name

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Over 20 thousand women participated in the Nike Women’s Marathon last Sunday in San Francisco.

And 24-year-old Arien O'Connell, a fifth-grade teacher from New York City, ran the fastest time of any of the women, having the fastest time of the marathon, at 2:55:11.

But she didn't win.

Because she was not of the “Elite” class of women participants, that also stated 20 minutes before all the other women participants started.

the officials overlooked her finishing time which was even faster than the woman who won first place by six minutes.

Now, Nike realizes they had made a mistake and recognizes fastest marathon runner as "a" winner, not “The” winner and was awarded the same trophy as the “Elite” woman that won at the marathon.

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