The now-iconic photo of a man shoving a woman off the course during the 1967 Boston Marathon is jarring to look at in 2017, even amid almost weekly attacks on women's rights under the Trump Administration. By 1972, Boston officially changed its policy to allow women to enter the race, and in 1984 the Olympics, finally added the women's marathon. Geoffrey Kirui of Kenya won the race in 2:09:37, while fellow Kenyan Edna Kiplagat took home the women's title in 2:21:52.
Edna Kiplagat (KIP'-la-gat) has won her Boston Marathon debut. But if she could run the distance in practice he promised to take her to Boston.
The year prior to Switzer's historic run in the 1967 marathon, another woman, Roberta (Bobbi) Bingay Gibb, unofficially ran and finished the race without the race organizers becoming involved.
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With that, the 20-year-old became the first woman to officially enter the race.
Switzer, 70, will compete again on Monday, wearing the same number - 261 - she wore in 1967. Kirui broke open the race after cresting Heartbreak Hill with a pack of six, then running a scorching 14:34 for the downhill 5 kilometers on Beacon Street to drop everyone but Rupp, who was finally eliminated by a 4:27 24th mile.
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When officials realized she was a woman, one tried to actually force her off the 26-mile route, yelling: 'Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers!'
The winners' times on the point-to-point Boston course are considered a world best and not a world record because of the possibility of a supportive tailwind like the one on Monday. "I felt I could challenge for the victory - we train at altitude, on hilly courses, so I felt I could run well here".
Speaking ahead of today's race, Switzer told NESN: 'I'm so excited about Monday.
The 121st Boston Marathon will see four-time Olympian Meb Keflezighi make his farewell performance.
Earlier Monday, city officials announced plans for memorials to mark the sites where two bombs exploded during the 2013 race. She now runs a campaign named 261 Fearless, which encourages women to run.
One spectator at the Boston Marathon put those concepts together to form the ideal sign for the marathon that surely motivated every participant who wasn't from Atlanta.
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