Deena Kastor reportedly drops out of marathon

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Deena Kastor has pulled out of the women’s marathon at the Beijing Olympics with an apparent foot injury, the Associated Press is reporting.

Kastor, the top U.S. runner in the field in Sunday’s race, dropped to one knee and held her right foot at about five kilometers into the race. She got up and tried to walk it off but dropped back down again and was forced to give up.

Kastor, 35, moved from eighth to third in the closing stages of the marathon in Athens to win the United States’ first Olympic marathon medal since 1984.

-- Greg Johnson

Photo: The Beijing Games’ women’s marathon began Sunday at Tiananmen Square and will finish at the National Stadium. Credit: Michael Steele/Getty Images