Word: pippig
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Dates: during 1995-1995
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...happy with my time," said Uta Pippig, after becoming the female winner of the annual Boston Marathon. Who could blame her. Finishing in 2:25:11, Pipping's time was slower than the one that earned her first place last year. Meanwhile, she beat out ail but thirty-nine men in the field and finished considerably faster than any of the times posted in 1896, the event's inaugural year. Only relatively recently have the Boston Marathon and sporting events like it around the country opened their doors to female participants. Given a chance to compete, women like Pipping have...
This year's race was won for the third year in a row by Kenyan Cosmas Ndeti, who finished the race in a time of 2 hours, 9 minutes and 22 seconds. The woman's race was won by Germany's Uta Pippig who covered the course in 2 hours, 25 minutes and 11 seconds...