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tonireavis · 6 days
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WHO IS THE WOMEN’S DISTANCE GOAT?
Coming off this year’s spring marathon season, I recently penned an article debating who was the GOAT male distance runner in history, the greatest of all time. Afterwards, my old friend Amby Burfoot, he of 1968 Boston Marathon fame and ex-executive editor of Runner’s World Magazine, suggested I begin a debate about the women’s GOAT. Amby’s prompt is my command. Needless to say, women’s running…
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cinquecolonnemagazine · 5 months
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La maratona di New York tra storia e tradizione
La maratona di New York è una delle gare podistiche più famose e prestigiose al mondo. Si svolge ogni anno nella prima domenica di novembre e attira oltre 50.000 partecipanti da tutto il mondo. La storia della maratona di New York inizia nel 1970, quando il rumeno Fred Lebow, presidente del New York Road Runners Club (NYRR), e l'amico Vincent Chiappetta decisero di organizzare una gara podistica nella Grande Mela. Storia della maratona di New York La prima edizione della maratona, che si svolse il 13 settembre 1970, fu un successo immediato. I 127 partecipanti, tutti uomini, partirono da Staten Island e raggiunsero il traguardo a Central Park dopo 4 ore, 10 minuti e 34 secondi. Il vincitore fu il newyorkese Jim Fixx, che stabilì il nuovo record della gara. Negli anni successivi, l'evento continuò a crescere in popolarità. Nel 1976, il percorso fu modificato per includere i cinque distretti della città. La gara divenne anche più accessibile alle donne, che furono ammesse a partecipare per la prima volta nel 1977. Nel 1978, la maratona di New York ospitò un evento storico: la norvegese Grete Waitz stabilì il nuovo record mondiale femminile con un tempo di 2 ore, 39 minuti e 46 secondi. Waitz sarebbe tornata a vincere la maratona di New York altre nove volte, diventando una delle atlete più iconiche della storia della corsa. Negli anni '80 e '90, l'evento continuò a crescere in popolarità, diventando una delle gare più importanti al mondo. Nel 1984, la gara fu trasmessa in diretta televisiva per la prima volta, raggiungendo un pubblico di oltre 100 milioni di persone. Dagli anni '90 ad oggi Negli anni 2000, la maratona di New York ha continuato a essere un evento di successo. 2001, la gara fu annullata a causa degli attacchi terroristici dell'11 settembre. Nel 2002, la gara fu di nuovo disputata e fu dedicata alle vittime degli attacchi. Nel 2010, la maratona di New York ha festeggiato il suo 40° anniversario. La gara ha attirato oltre 47.000 partecipanti da tutto il mondo. Oggi, l'evento è una delle gare podistiche più prestigiose al mondo. È un evento che attira corridori di tutti i livelli, dai professionisti alle persone che semplicemente vogliono sfidare se stesse. Attrazione pubblica Oggi, l'evento è una delle gare podistiche più popolari al mondo. Attrae oltre 50.000 partecipanti da tutto il mondo, di tutti i livelli di esperienza. La gara si svolge ogni anno nella prima domenica di novembre e inizia a Staten Island. I corridori attraversano i cinque distretti della città, terminando a Central Park. La maratona di New York è un evento iconico che celebra la corsa, la sfida e la città newyorkese. È un evento che attira persone da tutto il mondo. Foto di Jo Wiggijo da Pixabay Read the full article
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theultimatefan · 6 months
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2023 AKTIV Against Cancer Benefit To Honor The Philanthropic Work Of The New York Road Runners
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AKTIV Against Cancer, the organization co-founded by legendary runner Grete Waitz, and Helle Aanesen, announced today that New York Road Runners and the Exercise Oncology Team at Memorial Sloan Kettering will be this years honorees with the latter receiving the Gabe Grunewald Inspiration Award. This year will be the ninth annual awards luncheon, which will take place at the New York Athletic Club on Tuesday, November 7, the Tuesday following this year’s 2023 TCS New York City Marathon. The event has generated over $400,000 in donations in the first eight years it has been held. This year’s event will be hosted by Michele Yu, author and host of New York 1 News.
“The work that the New York Road Runners has done for causes large and small is nothing short of amazing, as we are proud to recognize the organization, from its founder the late Fred Lebow to the current leadership for all they do to help raise awareness and funds for literally thousands of people who never run a race,” Aanesen said. “Second but not least we are proud to honor the work that Dr. lee Jones and his team in Exercise Oncology have done at Memorial Sloan Kettering as they wrap up this critical stage of research and implementation. Without their vision, leadership and education the value of exercise as a vital part of cancer recovery may never have been realized.”
“It is an honor to accept this award on behalf of everyone past and present in at New York Road Runners,” said Rob Simmelkjaer, CEO. “The spirit and soul of one of our greatest champions, Grete Waitz, lives on in the terrific work Helle and AKTIV Against Cancer continue to do, and we are proud to be recognized amongst such an outstanding list of honorees past and present. Our work supporting the hundreds of causes tied to our events each year continues on, with a very bright future ahead.”
“This event has always been one of the highlights of our year, since the work we do ties directly to the goal and mission of AKTIV Against Cancer,” Dr. Jones added. “It has been a privilege to work so closely with Helle and the organization since we launched this project, and to see the tangible results of the work has been amazingly fulfilling, not just for our staff and volunteers but for the patients and their families and friends who are better in every way because of the discoveries we have made. It is a truly life changing effort.”
Since its inception in 2006, the TCS New York City Marathon Official Charity Partner Program has raised more than $460 million for over 1,000 worthy non-profit organizations across the globe.
Previous honorees of this award include: adidas and Chaunté Lowe (2022), Cycle For Survival co-founder Dave Linn (2021), Shannon Miller (2020) Chip and Joanna Gaines, Jeff Rochford and Aubrey Barr (2019) Dr. Jordan Metzl & Kikkan Randall (2018), The Rudin Family & the late Gabriel Grunewald (2017), Meb Keflezighi (2016), and Mary Wittenberg (2015).
For more information about AKTIV Against Cancer please visit www.aktivagainstcancer.org
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svt-play · 1 year
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Bror Sven Jacob Hård af Segerstedt, aka det mest pretentiösa namnet på en sportreporter någonsin, går igenom och minns tillbaka på stora eller förundransvärda tillfällen han har sett, från Anders Gärderuds vinst ("Östtysken faller!") till dopingskandalen i Lahtis, Finland, när de arrangerade skid-VM 2001, och en genomgång av den norska maratonlöparens Grete Waitz liv. Finns också i utgåva: Vasaloppet.
Jag tycker hela den här serien är väldigt intressant, och jag har sett igenom den två elelr tre gånger nu. Avsnitten är mellan 5 och 30 minuter långa, och jag tycker det är ett bra sätt att få sin fix av sport gjort roligt även när det enda som sända är fotbolls-VM.
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goshyesvintageads · 7 years
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Nike Inc, 1982
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worldlibertytv · 5 years
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See Grete Waitz  Greatest Woman  Marathoner of all time in our Updated   World Liberty TV Sports PG Blog @   https://www.worldlibertytv.org/portfolio-view/sports/#WLTV[gallery]/59/
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47burlm · 4 years
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Well the pistons keep on turning And the wheels go round and round The steel rails are cold and hard For the miles that they go down
April 18, 1983
Joan Benoit wins her second Boston Marathon in the women’s division with a time of 2:22:43 on April 18, 1983. The following year, she went on to win the first-ever women’s marathon at the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles and became the first person to win Boston as well as Olympic gold.
A native of Maine, Benoit turned to long-distance running in high school after a ski injury. In 1979, as a senior at Bowdoin College, Benoit won her first Boston Marathon with a time of 2:35:15. Four years later, on April 18, 1983, Benoit won her second Boston Marathon, with a record time of 2:22:43. Greg Meyer of Massachusetts was the men’s winner that year, with a time of 2:09:00. As of 2007, Meyer was the last American man to win the Boston Marathon, which has been dominated by Kenyans in recent decades.
The inaugural Boston Marathon was run on April 19, 1897, and was a men-only event until 1972, when women were officially allowed to compete. The first female winner, Nina Kuscsik, finished with a time of 3:10:26 and was one of eight women who ran the race that year.
The first modern Olympic marathon was run at the 1896 Games in Athens. Eighty-eight years later, the first-ever women’s Olympic Marathon was run at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles. Less than three weeks after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery, Benoit won her Olympic trials. On August 5, 1984, she took home the gold medal with a time of 2:24:52, defeating Grete Waitz of Norway and Rosa Mota of Portugal.
Following the Olympics, Benoit returned to Maine, got married (and changed her name to Joan Benoit Samuelson) and had a family. In October 1985, she won the Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:21:21, setting a record that held for 21 years for the fastest U.S. female marathon time. After retiring from professional racing, she became a motivational speaker, author and commentator. In 2006, Benoit Samuelson helped pace champion cyclist Lance Armstrong in his first New York City Marathon.
Joan Benoit Samuelson is 62 years old and still runs
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jetwashphotos · 5 years
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Norwegian LN-LND, OSL ENGM Gardermoen Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, cn 35310, Grete Waitz See it here:
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Grete Waitz rookie card, by Panini, made in and distributed from Italy, in 1976. Grete Waitz won so many world records and gold, silver and bronze medals, too many to list here, but she is perhaps best known for almost 10 New York City marathon wins!
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catrunsnyc · 6 years
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Long Runs, Grete 10K, All on Saturday!
Long Runs, Grete 10K, All on Saturday!
Hope everyone is having a fantastic week and is ready to crank up the miles this weekend!
We have three opportunities for you to get your runs in on Saturday and we are pretty sure that no matter where you are in the 5 boroughs, you will be able to get to us somewhere along the way! Read ahead to find out about the three opportunities!
  *STATEN ISLAND HALF MARATHON TRIAL RUN – LED BY LISSETTE*
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wiadomosciprasowe · 13 years
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Unikt foredrag med Grete Waitz søndag 30.januar.
https://www.y6.no/unikt-foredrag-med-grete-waitz-sondag-30-januar/
Unikt foredrag med Grete Waitz søndag 30.januar.
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tonireavis · 4 months
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HOSTING A GREAT PARTY
The distinction between host and guest is similar to that between a professional and amateur athlete. Both participate, but one has an added responsibility to make sure the event is successful because in its success lies his or her own. Pro athletes are “The Show”. In that leading role, they have to assist beyond simply performing well. They also have to help publicize and promote the event in…
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Joan Benoit wins the first women’s Olympic Marathon, 1984
Joan Benoit won the first women's marathon at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2:24.52. She finished 400 meters ahead of Norway's Grete Waitz, who earned the silver medal. I believe this is a great accomplishment for women. Women were not respected much in sports but as we showed that we could compete more and more, women were given respect and were able to compete in their respected sports by winning medals and going to the olympics.
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theultimatefan · 2 years
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2022 AKTIV Against Cancer Award Luncheon Honors adidas, Lowe Nov. 3 in N.Y.
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AKTIV Against Cancer, the organization co-founded by legendary runner Grete Waitz and Helle Aanesen, today announced it will honor adidas and Olympic Champion Chaunté Lowe for outstanding contributions to the field of Exercise Oncology at their eighth annual awards luncheon. The reception will be held November 3 at the historic New York Athletic Club.
Over more than 10 years of collaboration, adidas has accounted for more than $10M in donations toward AKTIV Against Cancer’s groundbreaking exercise oncology research and programs. United by the power of sport, the two organizations have worked together to help those fighting cancer improve their quality of life through physical activity.
“adidas has been an incredible supporter of AKTIV Against Cancer since our inception and has always embodied our mission to the highest degree,” said AKTIV Against Cancer CEO Helle Aanesen. “We simply couldn't have done what we have done without adidas. There is no one better to honor than Grete's longtime sponsor and our biggest believer, adidas.”
AKTIV Against Cancer’s partnership with adidas was born out of adidas’ relationship with the late Grete, who passed away in 2011. Grete had a storied history with adidas during her ground-breaking long-distance running career, having worn and promoted its apparel and footwear for more than 30 years.
“At adidas, we believe sport has the power to change lives, and few athletes have personified that motto as thoroughly as Grete Waitz,” said Adrian Leek, Sportswear & Footwear Vice President at adidas. “Our partnership with AKTIV Against Cancer represents our gratitude for everything Grete accomplished during her remarkable life, and we are proud to supported such a great cause for more than a decade.”
Additionally, AKTIV Against Cancer will honor four-time Olympian, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and former high jump world champion Chaunté Lowe with the Gabrielle Grunewald Inspiration Award for her courage and her dedication to expanding resources and support for others fighting breast cancer. Lowe is a Global Ambassador for the American Cancer Society and a spokesperson for a new partnership between pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and patient advocacy group Susan G. Komen.
Since 2015, AKTIV Against Cancer has hosted the AKTIV Against Cancer Award Luncheon in an effort to continuously honor the legacy of the co-founder, the late Grete Waitz. The award recognizes leaders who demonstrate great philanthropic efforts using health and fitness as a platform – a belief that was instrumental to Grete and at the core of AKTIV Against Cancer’s mission.
Mary Wittenberg, Global CEO of Virgin Sport, received the inaugural award in 2015 and running legend Meb Keflezighi received it in 2016. In 2017, AKTIV Against Cancer honored The Rudin Family for their long-standing commitment to the TCS New York City Marathon and the late professional runner Gabriele Grunewald for her commitment to continue running through her cancer and inspiring many to be physically active through treatments.
More recently, the organization honored Olympic Champion and cancer survivor Kikkan Randall and Dr. Jordan Metzl in 2018, Chip Gaines, Jeff Rochford & Aubrey Barr in 2019, Shannon Miller in 2020, and Cycle For Survival co-founder David Linn in 2021.
For more information about AKTIV Against Cancer please visit www.aktivagainstcancer.org/award
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runbrief · 3 years
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Tình trạng “Blues” sau cuộc Marathon: Như nào, bị “xanh” là bị gì khum hiểu? Sau khi giành chức vô địch marathon thế giới đầu tiên vào năm 1983, Grete Waitz (Na Uy) cho biết cô cảm thấy "trống rỗng và..trống rỗng như đường hầm". Tình trạng bất ổn sau cuộc đua này còn gọi là “Runner’s Blues”, tuy không đánh trúng tất cả mọi người và không xảy ra sau mỗi cuộc đua, nhưng nó có thể là 1 trong số ít điểm chung của hầu hết chúng ta với cả những chân chạy từ nghiệp dư đến vĩ đại. Runner’s Blues là “nỗi buồn của dân chạy”, nói toẹt ra là “chán chạy”, là một dạng sang chấn tâm lý khi bạn bỗng nhiên mất đi động lực chạy bộ, thiếu sự tập trung cần thiết để tiếp tục với chương trình tập luyện. Tập thể dục làm tăng mức độ của các hợp chất trong não ảnh hưởng đến tâm trạng, ta cảm thấy tốt hơn sau khi chạy. Nhưng marathon không chỉ là thể dục đơn giản, nó dài, dữ dội và đối với hầu hết chúng ta, là đỉnh điểm của 1 cuộc hành trình dài hướng tới 1 mục tiêu có ý nghĩa cá nhân. Một chất ảnh hưởng đến tâm trạng, dopamine, có mối liên hệ chặt chẽ với việc theo đuổi mục tiêu: nếu ta đang thực hiện các bước để đạt mục tiêu đã đặt ra, cơ thể sẽ tiết ra nhiều dopamine hơn để khiến ta cảm thấy hài lòng về nó. Tập luyện marathon giải phóng dopamine vào hệ thống, và chính cuộc đua đã gây ra một sự gia tăng đột biến. Nhưng khi đã đạt được mục tiêu, ta mất đi một phần cơ chế dopamine đó. Mục tiêu càng có ý nghĩa thì sự cố càng khó khăn hơn và ta có thể khó tập trung lại. Các nhà nghiên cứu đã phát hiện ra rằng 1 yếu tố ảnh hưởng đến tâm trạng khác: Yếu tố dinh dưỡng thần kinh có nguồn gốc từ não (BDNF) đã giảm xuống dưới mức cơ bản 3 ngày sau khi chạy marathon (may quá các nhà nghiên cứu cũng nhận thấy rằng, trung bình, tâm trạng của những người chạy marathon vẫn được kéo lại sau 3 ngày sau cuộc đua). Hoạt động của não bộ vẫn còn âm u, nhưng có vẻ hợp lý khi sự chán chường sau cuộc đua có thể cũng có nguyên nhân tương tự đã gây ra tình trạng đau nhức về thể chất: Cơ thể đang sửa chữa những căng thẳng do nỗ lực mọi bề. Hãy cứ bình thản mà đối diện, thừa nhận và tìm cách vượt qua nó. Theo @Womensrunning https://facebook.com/106756498400411_123235026752558 #runbrief
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cada-atletismo · 3 years
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Las argentinas que estuvieron en el maratón olímpico y todas las medallistas
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El maratón femenino se disputa en los Juegos Olímpicos desde 1984 (Los Angeles) y ahora Marcela Cristina Gómez        se convertirá en la sexta argentina en participar en esta prueba.             La primera del historial fue Griselda González, quien logró el 19° puesto en Atlanta (1996) con 2h.35m.12s. Griselda, representante de Los Ñandúes y que tenía la conducción técnica del profesor Manuel Rivera, ya había participado sobre 10 mil metros llanos en los Juegos de Barcelona (1992) y ostentaba el récord nacional de maratón, que luego llevó hasta 2h.31m44s. en Turín (1995). Este récord tuvo una larga vigencia, hasta que Marcela pudo mejorarlo el año pasado en Sevilla. Griselda, por su parte, volvió a competir en los Juegos pero ya representando a España, país en el que se había radicado a principios de la década del 90.             La segunda argentina en llegar al maratón olímpico fue la cordobesa Sandra Edith Torres Alvarez, quien compitió en Atenas (2004) y ocupó el 55° puesto con 2h.54m48s. Había logrado su clasificación pocos meses antes al ganar el maratón a Pampa Traviesa en Santa Rosa con 2h40m23s. La mejor marca de su campaña fue 2h.39m02s., a fines del 2005 en San Sebastián.             María de los Angeles Peralta –hoy presidenta de la Federación Bonaerense- integró el ciclo de los excelentes mediofondistas y fondistas de la “cantera” marplatense que llegaron hasta la cita olímpica. Lo hizo en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres, donde ocupó el 82° puesto del maratón con 2h.40m.50s. Cuatro meses antes había logrado su mejor marca y su clasificación con 2h.37m.57s en Rotterdam.             Peralta volvió a clasificar para los Juegos de Rio de Janeiro (2016), donde estuvo acompañada por otras dos maratonistas argentinas: la cordobesa Rosa Liliana Godoy y la sanjuanina Viviana Chávez. Estas también habían conseguido sus marcas personas e índices olímpicos en el maratón de Rotterdam (2h38m36s y 2h38m27s respectivamente). En los Juegos de Rio, disputados al igual que los anteriores bajo difíciles condiciones climáticas, Godoy terminó 110ª. con 2h52m32s, Chávez quedó 125ª. con 3h03m23s y Peralta abandonó. EL HISTORIAL DEL MARATON OLIMPICO FEMENINO             A comienzos de la década del 80, las carreras de maratón experimentaron un “boom” a nivel mundial, un fenómeno que se extiende hasta nuestros días, con la incorporación masiva a una distancia que – hasta entonces- quedaba reducida a sólo grupos de audaces. Y parte esencial de ese movimiento fue el entusiasmo que despertó entre las mujeres que, hasta poco tiempo antes, sólo tenían como máxima distancia olímpica los 1.500 metros llanos en pista. El maratón de Nueva York, con su director, el mítico Fred Lebow, fue un símbolo de ese movimiento.             Los Juegos Olímpicos se integraron al fenómeno e incorporaron el maratón femenino a su programación a partir de los Juegos de Los Angeles, en 1984. Y allí se dieron cita las más notables corredores de la época. Joan Benoit, una estadounidense que había fijado un récord mundial de 2h.22m.43s. en 1983, realizó una excepcional carrera en el circuito angelino, liderando de punta a punta y convirtiéndose así en la primera campeona olímpica de la historia, superando a otras ex recordistas de su época como las noruegas Grete Waitz (nueve veces ganadora del NYC Marathon) e Ingrid Kristiansen, y la siempre rendidora portuguesa Rosa Mota, quien tuvo su mayor premio cuatro años más tarde en Seúl.             En sintonía con el gran dominio de los atletas africanos en las carreras de fondo durante las últimas décadas, Etiopía y Kenya ya están entre los ganadores del maratón femenino. Las etíopes lo hicieron dos veces, la última con Tiki Gelana en Londres (2012) fijando el récord olímpico vigente de 2h23m07s. Kenya logró su primer triunfo en Rio (2016) con Memima Jelagat Sumgong. Esta ya figuraba entre las mejores corredoras de aquel momento con una marca personal de 2h20m48s (Chicago 2013) y triunfos en Londres y Rotterdam, además de segundos puestos en “majors” como Boston, Chicago y Nueva York.             Este es el historial de las medallistas olímpicas en maratón Los Angeles, 5 de agosto de 1984 1 Joan Benoit                USA                 2h.24m.52s. 2 Grete Waitz               Noruega            2h.26m.18s. 3 Rosa Mota                 Portugal            2h.26m.57s. Seúl, 23 de septiembre de 1988 1 Rosa Mota                 Portugal            2h.25m.40s. 2 Lisa Martin                 Australia           2h.25m.53s 3 Katrin Dörre               Alem. Oriental   2h.26m.21s. Barcelona, 1 de agosto de 1992 1 Valentina Yegorova     EUN                 2h.32m.41s 2 Yuko Akimori             Japón               2h.32m.49s 3 Lorraine Moller           N. Zelanda        2h.33m.59s. Atlanta, 28 de julio de 1996 1 Fatuma Roba             Etiopía              2h.26m.05s 2 Valentina Yegorova     Rusia               2h.28m.05s. 3 Yuko Akimori             Japón               2h.28m.39s. Sydney, 24 de septiembre de 2000 1 Naoko Takahashi        Japón               2h.23m.14s 2 Lidia Simon                Rumania           2h.23m.22s. 3 Joyce Chepchumba    Kenya              2h.24m.45s. Atenas, 22 de agosto de 2004 1 Muzuki Noguchi         Japón               2h.26m.20s 2 Catherine Ndereba      Kenya              2h.26m.32s. 3 Deena Kastor             USA                 2h.27m.20s. Beijing, 15 de agosto de 2008 1 Constantina Tomescu Rumania           2h.26m.44s. 2 Catherine Ndereba      Kenya              2h.27m.06s 3 Zou Chunxiu               China               2h.27m.07s. Londres, 5 de agosto de 2012 1 Tiki Gelana                Etiopía              2h.23m.07s. 2 Priscah Jeptoo           Kenya              2h.23m.12s. 3 Tatyana Arkhipova      Rusia               2h.23m.29s. Río de Janeiro, 14 de agosto de 2016 1 Jemima Jelagat-Sumgong Kenya         2h.24m.04s. 2 Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa  Bahrein             2h.24m.13s 3 Mare Dibaba              Etiopía              2h.24m.30s. Read the full article
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