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In Reply to: Hatto is important- the irony a powerful message posted by Bambi B on March 3, 2007 at 09:36:51:
The Boston Marathon has had many famous winners whose names many of us know. But: they're all men. From the women's Boston Marathon only one name avails: Rosie Ruiz. She's the one who leaped into the race at midpoint and crossed the finish line first. In other words, a hoax.Here's a paragraph that puts this into Hatto context:
It is unfortunate that one of the most memorable events in running lore--for both runners and non-runners alike--is not a hard-fought victory in a race, or a true act of sportsmanship, but is rather Rosie Ruiz's "victory" in the 1980 Boston Marathon. In these days of on-course video cameras, elite starts, chips, and checkpoints, it is amazing to think that anyone could have perpetrated, even for a short time, such an obvious hoax, but in the relatively unsophisticated world of road racing in the early '80s, although there were those who were suspicious from the start, it actually took a few days before the truth won out.
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- "All his efforts will make the name 'Hatto' will for eternity..." Hmm... - clarkjohnsen 11:33:32 03/04/07 (0)
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