NYC MARATHON 2007:
Elite Athlete Profile:
JELENA PROKOPCUKA
Posted November 4th, 2007 at 9:30 AM by thefinalsprint.com
Section: News & Results, Marathons
After an outstanding season of summer racing, during which she established four new national records on the roads and track, Latvia’s Jelena Prokopcuka returns to attempt something only Grete Waitz has accomplished: a third consecutive ING New York City Marathon title.
In 2005 she was voted the country’s most popular athlete. Prokopcuka is married to Aleksandr Prokopcuk, the Latvian men’s record-holder in the marathon, and they reside in the resort town of Jürmala, near the Latvian capital of Riga. She finished second to fellow ING New York City Marathon entrant Lidiya Grigoryeva in the Boston Marathon earlier this year.
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