As Joan Benoit Samuelson negotiated the hairpin turn into the Coliseum tunnel, ran past the USC locker room and onto the stadium’s red synthetic track for the final 400 meters of the 1984 Olympic ...
During the Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in Boston last April, the roadside crowds cheered loudest for her, the local girl who conquered the world. Some of her competitors hadn't been born the year ...
NEW YORK — Joan Benoit Samuelson wore her trademark white cap and ran with her familiar shuffle to set another record in the New York City Marathon. The 52-year-old Samuelson finished in 2 hours, 49 ...
It’s the first thing most people say when asked for a one-word description of Joan Samuelson. Competitor. For someone so petite, so soft-spoken and so outwardly unimposing, she has the heart of a lion ...
You might think that now that her competitive running days are behind her, life might be slowing down for Joan Benoit Samuelson. Think again. Samuelson is still busy operating the Beach to Beacon 10K ...
LOS ANGELES, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first women's Olympic marathon champion, hopes the return of the Summer Games to Los Angeles in 2028 will propel a new generation of American ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Legendary U.S. marathon runner Joan Benoit Samuelson announced on Monday that she will enter next week's Boston Marathon, for the first time since 1993, in a possible bid to qualify ...
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