OSLO, Norway (AP)—Marathon great Grete Waitz has been remembered as a modest “hero” and trailblazer for women runners at a tribute in her native Oslo.
The nine-time New York Marathon winner died at age 57 on April 19 after a six-year battle with cancer.
About 1,000 fans and dignitaries including Norway’s crown prince, government ministers and sports officials attended Wednesday’s tribute at Bislett stadium, where Waitz trained and raced in her youth.
Mary Wittenberg, the president of the New York Road Runners, said Waitz “really reached the top of our sport.”
Waitz won the marathon gold medal at the inaugural world championships in 1983. A year later in Los Angeles, she took second behind American Joan Benoit in the first women’s Olympic marathon.
The nine-time New York Marathon winner died at age 57 on April 19 after a six-year battle with cancer.
About 1,000 fans and dignitaries including Norway’s crown prince, government ministers and sports officials attended Wednesday’s tribute at Bislett stadium, where Waitz trained and raced in her youth.
Mary Wittenberg, the president of the New York Road Runners, said Waitz “really reached the top of our sport.”
Waitz won the marathon gold medal at the inaugural world championships in 1983. A year later in Los Angeles, she took second behind American Joan Benoit in the first women’s Olympic marathon.
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