LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneM to WomensStuff@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 3 months agoSign at the London marathonpiefed.cdn.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down10
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minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months ago“Legally” is a strange way to put it but they were not allowed to participate by the organizers https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y67eg5q3lo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbi_Gibb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathrine_Switzer (And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_Semple )
minus-squaredkppunk@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoOh I didn’t know about Gibbs! Thanks for sharing
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI added a few more too, I didn’t realize at first that it was London not Boston.
minus-squaredkppunk@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI definitely appreciate it. I knew about Katherine Switzer because I read an article about her already. I figured there were more instances of this, I just wasn’t aware of who.
“Legally” is a strange way to put it but they were not allowed to participate by the organizers
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y67eg5q3lo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbi_Gibb
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathrine_Switzer
(And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jock_Semple )
Oh I didn’t know about Gibbs! Thanks for sharing
I added a few more too, I didn’t realize at first that it was London not Boston.
I definitely appreciate it. I knew about Katherine Switzer because I read an article about her already. I figured there were more instances of this, I just wasn’t aware of who.