Mary Cain

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Mary Cain athletics
nation United StatesUnited States United States
birthday 3rd May 1996 (age 24)
place of birth United States
size 170 cm
Career
status active
Medal table
U20 world championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
IAAF logo Junior World Championships
gold Eugene 2014 3000 m
last change: November 10, 2019

Mary Cain (born May 3, 1996 ) is an American middle and long distance runner .

Career

Over 1500 m , she was sixth at the World Junior Athletics Championships in Barcelona in 2012 . The following year, she qualified as US runner-up for the 2013 World Athletics Championships in Moscow, where she was tenth.

In 2014 she set the current U20 indoor world record over 1000 m with 2: 35.80 minutes and became US indoor champion over 1500 m. At the Junior World Championships in Eugene , she won over 3000 m .

In 2019, she raised serious allegations against the recently closed Nike Oregon Project , which she joined in November 2013, and its director Alberto Salazar . Salazar systematically urged her to lose weight and forced her to take birth control pills and diuretics . As a result, she suffered five broken bones, her menstrual cycle was suspended for three years, and eventually she thought about suicide . Salazar's former assistant coach Steve Magness confirmed the allegations.

Personal bests

  • 800 m : 1: 59.51 min, June 1, 2013, Eugene
  • 1000 m: 2: 38.57 min, June 13, 2015, New York City
    • Hall: 2: 35.80 min, February 8, 2014, Boston
  • 1500 m: 4: 04.62 min, May 17, 2013, Los Angeles
    • Hall: 4: 06.63 min, January 24, 2014, Boston (intermediate time)
  • 1 mile : 4: 39.28 min, April 26, 2012, Philadelphia
    • Hall: 4: 24.11 min, January 24, 2014, Boston
  • 3000 m: 8: 58.48 min, July 24, 2014, Eugene
  • 5000 m : 15: 45.46 min, June 8, 2013, Portland

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moritz Dickentmann: "Physically and mentally abused": How the Nike Oregon Project destroyed the career of marvelous runner Mary Cain . In: stern.de . 9th November 2019
  2. ↑ Thomas Kistner : Nike Oregon Project - Cain accuses: "I was emotionally and physically abused" . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 11, 2019
  3. ↑ Jan Göbel: Mary Cain against the Nike Oregon Project: Voice of the injured . In: Spiegel Online . November 11, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Cain, Mary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American middle and long distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1996