As Joan Benoit Samuelson negotiated the hairpin turn into the Coliseum tunnel, ran past the USC locker room and onto the stadium’s red synthetic track for the final 400 meters of the 1984 Olympic ...

FARMINGTON — University of Maine graduates got an emotional sendoff during Saturday’s commencement from their senior class speaker and Joan Benoit Samuelson, a hero and role model for women everywhere ...

NEW YORK — Joan Benoit Samuelson wore her trademark white cap and ran with her familiar shuffle to set another record in the New York City Marathon. The 52-year-old Samuelson finished in 2 hours, 49 ...

Jul. 30—The core reason for Joan Benoit Samuelson founding the Beach to Beacon 10K came to her in the dark, about 600 yards from completing the marathon victory that made her a running legend. "I had ...

Joan Samuelson waves to the crowd prior to the start of the 1994 Bix 7. She was given bib No. 361, the number she wore while winning the first Olympic women’s marathon 10 years earlier.

LOS ANGELES, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first women's Olympic marathon champion, hopes the return of the Summer Games to Los Angeles in 2028 will propel a new generation of American ...

Joan Benoit Samuelson holds an American flag in celebration after winning gold in the women's marathon at the 1984 L.A. Olympic Games. (Lennox McLendon / Associated Press) As Joan Benoit Samuelson ...

During the Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in Boston last April, the roadside crowds cheered loudest for her, the local girl who conquered the world. Some of her competitors hadn't been born the year ...

LOS ANGELES — As Joan Benoit Samuelson negotiated the hairpin turn into the Coliseum tunnel, ran past the USC locker room and onto the stadium’s red synthetic track for the final 400 meters of the ...