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Nina Kuscsik, a 'Celebrated Icon' and First Woman to Officially Win Boston Marathon, Dies at 86
Nina Kuscsik, the first women's division champion in the Boston Marathon, has died at age 86. An obituary for Kuscsik said ...
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Legendary U.S. Marathon Champion Dead At 86
Nina Kuscsik, the first woman to win the Boston Marathon, died at age 86. Per her obituary, Kuscsik died of respiratory ...
Nina Kuscsik, women's marathoning pioneer from Long Island, dies at age 86
Nina Kuscsik, who was the first celebrity of women’s marathoning and used her clout to agitate for the first women's Olympic ...
Nina Kuscsik, a marathon pioneer and 1st official winner of Boston women’s race, dies at 86
Nina Kuscsik campaigned for women’s inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year they ...
Nina Kuscsik, marathoner who broke gender barriers, dies at 86
Overcoming male resistance as a voice for equality, she was the first woman to enter the New York City Marathon and the first ...
Nina Kuscsik, distance-running pioneer and first official women's winner of Boston Marathon, dies at 86
Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon in 1972, is dead ...
First woman to win Boston Marathon, pioneer for distance running dies at 86
Nina Kuscsik, a pioneer for women's distance running who became the first female to win the Boston Marathon in 1972, has died ...
The Boston Marathon’s first official women’s winner, Nina Kuscsik, dies at 86
A pioneer in women’s running, Kuscsik first ran Boston in 1969, before women could even officially enter the race ...
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Remembering Nina Kuscsik, a trailblazer in women's running
Back in the 1970s, the prevailing thought was that it wasn't safe for women to run. A leader in the fight for a woman's right to run has died. Nina Kuscsik was 86.