Megan Youngren Became the First Openly Transgender Runner at Olympic Marathon Trials

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Megan Youngren made history over the weekend. MarathonTrials20

, but she made history as the first openly transgender athlete to ever participate in the trials.

"I'm open to talking about it to people because that's the only way you make progress on stuff like this," Megan told the outlet. She finished the 2017 Equinox Marathon, her first 26.2-mile race, in 4:48. This, she told, got her hooked on marathons. She shaved her time down to 3:06:42 at the 2019 Los Angeles Marathon, then sought a finish of under three hours.

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