Shalane Flanagan [wikipedia], the American distance runner, won a bronze medal for the U.S. Olympic team in Beijing on August 15. Shalane Flanagan's American record 30:22.22 came behind gold medalist Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba's Olympic record 29:54.66 and Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse's 29:56.34.
In this photo on May 4th, 2008, Shalane Flanagan competed on 2008 Track - Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Cobb Track & Angell Field, Stanford, CA. Shalane Flanagan won a bronze medal of women's 100000m event on 2008 Beijing Olympics August 15. (Image credit: PR Photos)