From left to right, Ryan Hall, Abdi Abdirahman and Meb Keflezighi compete during the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
From left to right, Ryan Hall, Abdi Abdirahman and Meb Keflezighi compete during the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
From left to right, Dathan Ritzenhein, Ryan Hall, Mohamed Trafeh, Abdi Abdirahman and Meb Keflezighi run through a turn during the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
HOUSTON (AP) ? Meb Keflezighi won the U.S. Olympic men's marathon trial on Saturday to qualify for his third Games. Ryan Hall and Abdi Abdirahman finished second and third to also make the team that will represent the U.S. in London.
Keflezighi covered the course in a personal-best 2 hours, 9 minutes and 8 seconds. The 36-year-old Keflezighi will return to the Olympics after winning silver in the 2004 marathon in Athens.
The 29-year-old Hall won the 2008 marathon trial in a record 2:09.02. He was back in one of his favorite cities to run, where he won the 2007 U.S. Half Marathon championship in an American record time of 59:43.
The 33-year-old Abdirahman will compete in his fourth Olympics. He qualified in the 10,000 meters in the previous three Games.
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