Samuelson Still Inspires After 25 Years

[dfmonti]

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Joan Benoit Samuelson's Olympic Marathon victory, the first ever by a woman in an Olympic Games. Relive the moment by watching this five minute video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dFgH_vDh6E

BTW, she's competing in the Falmouth Road Race this weekend.

DFM

[dukehjsteve]

This has also been posted by someone else on Historical, and some neat comments have been added. It's a great clip.

[doug091463]

she also announced she is running the nyc marathon this year.

[doug091463]

see front page story.