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"-Joan Benoit Samuelson, first Olympic gold medalist in the women's marathon.
Joan Benoit Samuelson (on right) holds the Chicago Marathon finish-line tape that Ruth Chepngetich broke in for a new world record....
Famous Falls in Elite Races
Mo Farah’s fall in the sixth mile of Sunday’s NYC Half was a reminder that elites sometimes struggle to stay upright while racing.
Falls usually occur because elites gunning for the win tend to run in close, sometimes dense packs, and the backkick of their strides is so much longer than that of most recreational runners. Here are some of the most notable elite falls in running history.
1972: In fifth place just before the midway point of the Olympic 10,000 in Munich, Finland’s Lasse Viren got his heel clipped and crashed hard to the track.
But he bounced back up quickly, took the lead 6000 meters in, and kicked to the first of his four Olympic gold medals.
1984: The most infamous spill in track history came in the women’s 3000 at the Los Angeles Olympics as Mary Decker Slaney got tangled up with barefoot teenager Zola Budd.
Slaney collapsed onto the infield with a hip injury she said made her feel “like I was tied to the ground.” Slaney couldn’
