Fiona O'Keeffe out of New York City Marathon after surgery

Paris Olympic Trials marathon winner Fiona O'Keeffe will miss a second consecutive major marathon — the New York City Marathon on Nov. 1 — due to a hamstring tear, a rep for the runner confirmed. "Guess you could say I'm a bit hamstrung at the moment…" was posted on her social media . "Went to the Steadman Clinic in Vail last week for a proximal hamstring repair surgery. An MRI at the end of September showed that the old partial tear I got leading into Boston had turned into a fully retracted tendon tear on the left side, so surgery…
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