Sentence Correction (SC) | Re: The athlete went from also-ran to local hero after scoring the decisiv

My answer is(A) . It took me 27 seconds.
Still, I think the sentence should add an article before also-run and local hero.
The athlete went froman also-ran toa local hero after scoring the decisive points in the championship game.
Can someone explain why the articles can be omitted in this sentence?

(A) Despite the misgivings above, I chose (A) because it maintains perfect parallelism.
(B) Lack of parallelism between "being an also-ran" and "become a local hero"
(C) Lack
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