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Rosie M. Vivas [1] (née Ruiz; June 21, 1953 – July 8, 2019) [2] was a Cuban fraudster who, among other schemes, was declared the winner in the female category for the 84th Boston Marathon in 1980, only to have her title stripped eight days after the race when it was discovered that she had not run the entire course.
The 2017 New York City Marathon was the 47th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on November 5, 2017. The women's race was won by Shalane Flanagan, the first American woman to do so since Miki Gorman in 1977. The men's race was won by Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor.
For a performance to be ratified as a world record by World Athletics, the marathon course on which the performance occurred must be 42.195 km (26.219 mi) long, [34] measured in a defined manner using the calibrated bicycle method [35] (the distance in kilometers being the official distance; the distance in miles is an approximation) and meet other criteria that rule out artificially fast ...
On Sunday 5 November, more than 50,000 runners will run across New York City’s five boroughs and travel 26.2 miles for the annual New York City marathon.
On Sunday 5 November, more than 50,000 runners will run across New York City’s five boroughs and travel 26.2 miles for the annual New York City marathon.
In New York, she set a world best women's marathon time with 2:25:29, to break Grete Waitz's time of 2:25:42 from the 1980 New York Marathon. However, after re-measurement, the 1981 course was found to be 150 metres short, though Waitz's 1980 record is also disputed.
The World Marathon Majors (WMM) (known for sponsorship reasons as the Abbott World Marathon Majors) is a championship-style competition for marathon runners that started in 2006. A points-based competition founded on six major marathon races recognised as the most high-profile on the calendar, the series comprises annual races for the cities of ...
New York City Marathon: New York City, US Heart attack USA: Joseph Marotta [32] 66 2 November 2008 New York City Marathon: New York City, US Heart attack USA: Fred Costa [32] 41 2 November 2008 New York City Marathon: New York City, US Heart attack USA: Erin Lahr [33] 29 14 December 2008 Dallas Marathon: Dallas, US Cardiac arrhythmia IRE: Colin ...