Nina Kuscsik, who was the first celebrity of women’s marathoning and used her clout to agitate for the first women's Olympic ...

Overcoming male resistance as a voice for equality, she was the first woman to enter the New York City Marathon and the first ...

Nina Kuscsik, a pioneering long-distance runner and advocate for women's athletics, died at 86. Her historic wins transformed ...

Olavi Suomalainen of Finland, winner of the men's division of the Boston A.A. Marathon April 17, 1972, kisses Nina Kuscsik of ...

He captured the imagination of runners throughout the country and worldwide when he won the 1972 Olympic marathon, finishing more than two minutes ahead of his closest competitor. A Yale University ...