Talk:Alejandro Cruz (runner)

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Did you know... that 20-year-old Alejandro Cruz won the 1988 Chicago Marathon after being selected as an emergency replacement for Mauricio González?

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@MrLinkinPark333: please expand the infobox. Thank you, Yoninah (talk) 21:44, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:46, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in 1988, twenty-year-old Alejandro Cruz became the youngest man ever to win the Chicago Marathon? Source: ref
- ALT1:... that in 1988, Alejandro Cruz became the first ever athlete from Mexico to win the Chicago Marathon? Source: page 131
- ALT2:... that Alejandro Cruz won the 1988 Chicago Marathon after taking Mauricio González's spot due to injury? Source: ref
- ALT3:... that Alejandro Cruz won the 1988 Chicago Marathon after being selected as an emergency replacement for Mauricio González? Source: same as alt2

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Megan Fisher

Moved to mainspace by MrLinkinPark333 (talk). Self-nominated at 00:58, 23 May 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Note: I moved it on May 22nd Eastern time but it was May 23rd UTC time with the DYK script. Also, if you require any of the newspaper articles that arent linked, I can clip them out if you need them. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:11, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MrLinkinPark333, review follows: article moved to main space 23 May; article exceeds 1,500 characters; article is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't notice any overly close paraphrasing from the online sources; Happy to AGF on the offline sources but I have a couple of questions about the sources I could access:

I couldn't find mention of "Mexico University" in the Sun Sentinel article and it doesn't seem to exist as an institution?
I couldn't find any mention of Japan or Guatemala on the World Athletics page?

All hooks are fine, mentioned in the article and backed up by the sources cited; a QPQ has been carried out. If you can look at the two sourcing issues I raised there should be no issues approving this one - Dumelow (talk) 07:06, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Dumelow: I didn't use World Athletics for Japan and Guatemala, I used the ARRS page. As for Mexico University, I cited the wrong article from the same date and replaced it. Thanks for spotting that error! --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 17:12, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MrLinkinPark333, sorry don't know how I ended up at the wrong ref. All good now - Dumelow (talk) 19:21, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. Thanks again! --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:29, 23 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]