Completing, let alone winning, a marathon course of 26.2 miles in less than 3 hours is an impressive feat. Yet in 1980, Rosie Ruiz got on a subway, disembarked one mile from the finish line and reentered the field. Rosie won the women’s division with an impressive time of 2:31:56 and snatched victory from 448 female runners. Collapsing from exhaustion Rosie donned an olive leaf wreath and accepted a medal she didn’t earn. Eight days later race officials realized Ruiz cheated and awarded Jacqueline Garneau of Canada the coveted prize.
The Rosie Ruiz of Politics
The Rosie Ruiz of Politics
The Rosie Ruiz of Politics
Completing, let alone winning, a marathon course of 26.2 miles in less than 3 hours is an impressive feat. Yet in 1980, Rosie Ruiz got on a subway, disembarked one mile from the finish line and reentered the field. Rosie won the women’s division with an impressive time of 2:31:56 and snatched victory from 448 female runners. Collapsing from exhaustion Rosie donned an olive leaf wreath and accepted a medal she didn’t earn. Eight days later race officials realized Ruiz cheated and awarded Jacqueline Garneau of Canada the coveted prize.