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Katherine Switzer, first registered woman to complete the Boston Marathon, with her fellow runners interfering with an official's attempt to remove her bib number, USA, 1967 (lemmy.world)
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Athlete solidarity, you love to see it

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[โ€“] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

correction: switzer was the first registered woman to compete in the boston marathon.

bobbi gibb had not only completed the marathon the year earlier, she was also an hour ahead of switzer when this iconic photo was taken (as an untegistered runner in both instances).

that's not to take away from switzer's own part in history, though.

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Updated the title!