Kathrine Switzer: First woman to officially run Boston Marathon on the  iconic moment she was attacked by the race organiser, Athletics News

Kathrine Switzer: First woman to officially run Boston Marathon on the iconic moment she was attacked by the race organiser, Athletics News

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Kathrine Switzer was involved in an iconic moment at the 1967 Boston Marathon; she was attacked by race director Jock Semple who tried to throw her out while she was running, but the pair later became good friends; Switzer explains how that day revolutionised womens running
In 1967, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially run in the Boston Marathon as she changed women's running.
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