Marathon Great Grete Waitz Dies At 57 From Cancer

By NILS MYKLEBOST, Associated Press
Tue, 04/19/2011 - 7:02am

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Grete Waitz, the Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57....

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