City Seeks 2016 Marathon Trials; Could Serve as Showcase for 2024 Olympic Bid, * Mayor Garcetti, Olympian Kastor Join Effort * - LOS ANGELES (September 26, 2013)—Civic and business leaders are rolling out the red carpet for USA Track & Field officials, who will soon select the host city for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Competing as one of three finalists, Los Angeles is pulling out all the stops to secure the event, which would take place in March 2016, just months before the Rio Summer Games. Many observers view the effort as a dry run for a Los Angeles campaign to secure the 2024 Summer Games. That effort is gaining momentum as local officials organize to bring the Summer Games here for the third time in history.

“Our city has a rich and vibrant Olympic history, having hosted the games in 1932 and 1984,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. “The legacy of the 1984 games lives on today, and our great city is ready to show the nation that our Olympic spirit continues to thrive.”

You can always trust an American to come up with a good slogan, especially where Berlin is concerned. Everyone recalls JFK, in the lee of the Wall at the height of the Cold War, roaring, „Ich bin ein Berliner”, in support of the beleaguered and blockaded citizens.

Over two decades after the Fall, Desiree Davila provided a succinct appraisal why the BMW BERLIN MARATHON has contributed so much – eight world records – towards the revival of the now German capital, making it one of the most “happening” cities in Europe. “Flat and Forgiving,” said Davila, when asked why she had chosen the Berlin course to make her comeback after a year of injury problems. “This is a flyer of a course,” added the American, “it lends itself to fast times.

$145,000 at stake in USA Men’s & Women’s Marathon Championship -  ST. PAUL, Minn.– Three naturalized American citizens and a local favorite will headline the fields for the 2013 USA Men’s and Women’s Marathon Championships held in conjunction with the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, October 6.

Kenyan expatriates Shadrack Biwott (Eugene, Ore.) andJosphat Boit (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.), who have found success this year at shorter USA Championships distances, are favorites in the men’s field that will race from downtown Minneapolis to the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul in the race recognized as “The Most Beautiful Urban Marathon in America^®.” The competition will mark the eighth time the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon has hosted the USA Men’s Marathon Championship.