The first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon, she advocated over decades for women in her sport.

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Ms. Kuscsik, who competed in more than 80 marathons over four decades, was in the forefront of the push to end the longstanding barriers against women running 26 miles in sanctioned races.

Kuscsik won the women's division of the Boston Marathon in 1972, the first official year women were allowed to enter the Boston Marathon.

Nina Kuscsik, who helped open the marathon to women, dies at 86 In the 1970s, she made history while running in Boston and New York. She later fought to get a women’s marathon into the Olympics.

On June 8, beloved Boston Marathon icon Nina Kuscsik passed away at age 86.

Back in the 1970s, the prevailing thought was that it wasn't safe for women to run. A leader in the fight for a woman's right to run has died. Nina Kuscsik was 86.

Pioneering long-distance runner Nina Kuscsik passed away earlier this month at age 86, her family announced. Kuscsik passed away on June 8 from respiratory failure in Brookhaven, New York after a ...

Nina Kuscsik, the first women's division champion in the Boston Marathon, has died at age 86. An obituary for Kuscsik said ...