Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Athletics: Marathon legend Grete Waitz dead at 57

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OSLO (Norway) - GRETE Waitz, a Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, has died after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57.

Helle Aanesen, the manager of the Active Against Cancer Foundation in Norway, said Waitz died early on Tuesday at the Ulleval University Hospital in Oslo.

19 Apr, 2011


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