As a little girl growing up in Rancho Cucamonga, California, Brenda Martinez ran so fast that her mother couldn’t catch her. Now, 23 years later, all the extra energy that got her into so much trouble ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – Brenda Martinez was at her best in the 800 meters that day at the 2013 world championships. The big question she can't get out of her mind now is this: Was she running on a level ...

EUGENE, Ore. – Her legs gave out before her heart did. So with her legs buckling beneath her in the final 20 meters of the Olympic Trials 1,500-meter final Sunday, Brenda Martinez willed herself ...

EUGENE, Ore. – Brenda Martinez was exactly where she wanted to be with 150 meters remaining in the Olympic Trials 800 meter final Monday night. “Exactly,” she said. And then she wasn’t. In one instant ...

EUGENE, Ore. >> Her legs gave out before her heart did. So with her legs buckling beneath her in the final 20 meters of the Olympic Trials 1,500-meter final Sunday, Brenda Martinez willed herself ...

Brenda Martinez was just 23 years old when she disappeared from her home in Flint just before Christmas of 1988. Her body was found several days later at a park in northeast Genesee County. Her death ...

EUGENE, Ore. — It was months before Brenda Martinez could bring herself to watch a video replay of last year’s Olympic Trials 800-meter final, her reluctance driven as much by a sense of denial as an ...

Brenda Martinez wins the 1,500 meters, her first national championship, at the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday in Portland. (Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian) The prevailing sentiment of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — One of the lasting images from last month’s U.S. track and field team trials is of bitter disappointment: Brenda Martinez, a half lap from qualifying for her first Olympic Games in ...

Olympic runner Brenda Martinez had an unlikely path to the 2016 games. She grew up running in basketball shoes and nearly missed qualifying. She tells NPR's Ailsa Chang how she persevered. Next week, ...

Brenda Martinez died on Monday night, a week after she was hospitalized with coronavirus symptoms Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los ...