Krista Duchene (born January 9, 1977) is a Canadian

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athlete competing in the marathon.

History

In 2010, DuChene won the national Canadian title In 2013, DuChene won the Canadian Half Marathon Championships at the Banque Scotia 21K de Montréal and made her

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debut at the

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but collapsed at the 13km mark due to extremely hot conditions. DuChene was one of 25 competitors unable to finish the race. In April 2014 during the Montreal half-marathon DuChene broke her right femur. Feeling pain with 5km to go but with 500m to go the undiagnosed stress fracture turned into a full fracture where the femur meets the hip bone. Pushing forward, she finished in third place. DuChene underwent surgery to implant a plate and three screws causing her to miss the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 Pan Am Games. In July 2016 she was included into Canada's Olympic team. She competed in the

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for

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at the

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finishing 35th of the 133 behind fellow Canadian

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in 24th. In October 2016, she won the

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at the

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. At the

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, she finished third.

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1977 births Living people Canadian female marathon runners People from Strathroy-Caradoc Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of Canada {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub

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