Watch Shalane Flanagan set an American record on the streets of Boston
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Shalane Flanagan set yet another American record Sunday, and this time it was on her own streets.
The Marblehead native won the women’s division of the BAA 10K. She set a new American record for that distance on roads with a time of 30 minutes, 52 seconds, sprinting past the previous record of 31:03—one she set herself during a 2015 race in the Netherlands.
“Doing it here, on my own streets, my town, my home, today is a day for sure I will remember for a really long time,” Flanagan said in a statement. “I’ve had a lot of great highlights in my career, but today will be certainly one of them.”
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Flanagan will be representing Team USA at the Rio Olympics this August, competing in the marathon.
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