Rosie Ruiz and the Boston Marathon Fraud

On April 21, 1980, Rosie Ruiz stunned the world by winning the women’s crown at the Boston Marathon with a record time. The only problem was she had actually only run about one mile of the race - making it one of the great frauds in sports history. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_Ruiz https://www.thisisjogon.com/videos/this-is-the-template-title-abn2m History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices