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Shalane Flanagan already had her moment. Now she has her medal.
Without ceremony or fanfare, Flanagan got her silver medal for the 10,000 meters in Beijing on Monday, with a U.S. Olympic Committee representative delivering it to her home in Oregon.
That her acceptance of the medal, which was upgraded from bronze after Turkey’s Elvan Abeylegesse failed a doping test, came in low-key fashion was Flanagan’s choice.
The USOC offered to hold a ceremony for her, Flanagan said, but she didn’t feel like she needed one.