“Everybody cheered, and I got to stand on top of the podium and get my medal. Honestly, it was great,” she says. Kathrine Switzer receives her gold medal from Olympic middle-distance runner Lucy ...

Kathrine Switzer, the trailblazing female pioneer who made history in 1967 as the first female contestant of the Boston marathon, is running the race once again today – 50 years on from her ...

After being told that "no woman could ever run the Boston Marathon", Kathrine Switzer broke boundaries to become the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an officially registered competitor.