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Kathrine Switzer: Running the Boston Marathon for the last time

Publish Date
Thu, 13 Apr 2017, 7:10am
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Kathrine Switzer: Running the Boston Marathon for the last time

Publish Date
Thu, 13 Apr 2017, 7:10am

Rachel Smalley talks with Kathrine Switzer, who was the first woman to enter the Boston Marathon when it was men only. She entered using her initials and managed to complete the course, despite the resistance from the other runners and the marathon's organisers. It's now the 50th anniversary since she first ran it, and at 70 years old she's running it again this year for the last time.

 

 

 

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