Mary Cain
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nation | United States | ||||||
birthday | 3rd May 1996 (age 24) | ||||||
place of birth | United States | ||||||
size | 170 cm | ||||||
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status | active | ||||||
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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
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800 m : 1: 59.51 min, June 1, 2013, Eugene
- Hall: 2:02:75 min, January 31, 2015, New York City
- 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)
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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
- Mary Cain in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Thomas Kistner : Nike Oregon Project - Cain accuses: "I was emotionally and physically abused" . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 11, 2019
- ↑ Jan Göbel: Mary Cain against the Nike Oregon Project: Voice of the injured . In: Spiegel Online . November 11, 2019
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SURNAME | Cain, Mary |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American middle and long distance runner |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1996 |