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Daily Mail
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS History-making female marathon runner Nina Kuscsik dead at 86
Pioneering long-distance runner Nina Kuscsik passed away last week at age 86, her family announced, with no immediate cause for her passing publicized. Kuscsik was influential in paving the way for women to compete in the Boston and New York Marathons before both races created women's divisions. In 1972, she became the first winner of the Boston Marathon's women's race. A year later, she repeated the feat for the New York Marathon.
Daily Mail
01-06-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Physical hobby loved by millions shockingly linked to colon cancer in young people for first time
It's an activity loved by the health-conscious, but long distance running might raise the risk of colon cancer in young people. A study has found that 35 to 50 years old who regularly run marathons are more likely to develop precancerous tumors in their colon, precursors of the disease. Your browser does not support iframes.
