Rosie Ruiz and the Boston Marathon Fraud
An unknown runner from New York shocked the world at the 1980 Boston Marathon - only it was all a fraud
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Show Notes
On April 21, 1980, Rosie Ruiz stunned the world by winning the women’s crown at the Boston Marathon with a record time. The only problem was she had actually only run about one mile of the race - making it one of the great frauds in sports history.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Ruiz
https://www.thisisjogon.com/videos/this-is-the-template-title-abn2m
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