It's Magic, Even After 25 Years ; Joan Benoit Took Quite a Trek to Win the First Women's Olympic Marathon.
Portland Press Herald › July 31, 2009
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Where were you?
Where were you when Joan Benoit - less than two months before she joined Scott Samuelson in wedded bliss - emerged from that dark tunnel and into the roaring vortex of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to secure the first women's Olympic marathon?See the full content of this document
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It's Magic, Even After 25 Years ; Joan Benoit Took Quite a Trek to Win the First Women's Olympic Marathon.
The image of Benoit circling the stadium track in August 1984 has been emblazoned on the psyches of those people - particularly those people from Maine - with even a passing interest in sport.
The 25th anniversary of the event comes next week. To commemorate the occasion, we asked for recollections from a variety of her friends and observers. In case you have forgotten a few of the details, or hadn't been born yet, here's a little refresher course.The story of that splendid summer a quarter century ago...See the full content of this document
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