Starting Line 1928: Trailer
The first modern Olympics were held in 1896. Women runners, though? They weren't called to the starting line until 1928. After made-up reports of women collapsing after the 800 meters, track and field's governing body eliminated the event after just one try—a change that lasted until 1960.
It wasn't the first, and certainly not the last time the story of women's running was twisted, and athletes' voices lost.
Running fans will know some of the stories of women pioneers in the sport: Bobbi Gibb, Joan Benoit, Kathrine Switzer, Wilma Rudolph, and the like. But there are so many more women we…
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