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2021 Men's and Women's 20km USA Olympic Trials - Springfield, OR Page 8 of 14
Having a judge stare you down can always be ominous, but it's much more so when they are masked.
Proud papa, Butch Peters, trying to stay cool while helping with aid.
Christie is on his 12th lap and his time continues to slow. However, he still holds a minute lead over Nehnevaj who can't seem to make up much ground.
Healey & Crawford working together just past 10km.
Gomez picking up refreshment. If I got it right, the athletes had to grab their own stuff and it was single use.
Gomez enjoying the fruits of his labor.
Water was indeed in demand as Allen attempts to hydrate.
Doctors and mom's know best. Casey also made sure she rehydrated.
With over 10km in the bank, Stevens was increasing her lead with every lap. The title and hopefully a berth to Tokyo was all in Stevens hands, ok feet.
Melendez adjusting her sun glasses, too bad they couldn't share the entire body.
Emotionless, Lepe was now clocking just over 5:00 a km, which was as fast or faster than everyone but Stevens.
Gruttadauro fueling up for the 2nd half.
Cisneros had dropped her pace by ~30 second a loop, but she was ever determined to push through.
The kilometers weighed on James.
While Christie had slowed, he was stilling dropping ~4:30 / km.
Harris was digging deep.
Miale's pace continued to suffer, but she wasn't quitting.
Healey & Crawford found a nitch together and continued to pace each other.
Was this Nehnevaj's first lap? While he was now walking 10 seconds off his initial pace, he was walking as smooth as ever.
Michta-Coffey was solidly in 2nd place, but would she have an opportunity to challenge Stevens?
