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BYU marathoners’ coach says Paris course will be one of the Olympics’ toughest tests

Paris 2024 organizers may have saved the most sadistic test for last.

The Rue de Ville dÕAvray, west of Paris, a hilly stretch of the marathon course for the 2024 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 7, 2024. From steep climbs to quad-crushing downhills, competitors in Paris face what is almost certainly the most difficult marathon course in the history of the Games. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)