Emma Coburn wins steeplechase, punching ticket to Rio Olympics

EUGENE, Ore. — If fans and spectators at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials were expecting Emma Coburn, the American record-holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, to race to the front, they would have been disappointed.
Coburn bided her time, a tactic that provided nail-biting drama in the closing laps. She chose to remain near the front of the 14-person final here at Hayward Field on a rainy Thursday evening, just enough to stay out of trouble. With roughly a kil