In the 1980 Boston Marathon, one runner
did something remarkable and was disqualified. What?

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Rosie Ruiz — she took the subway during most of the race, then jumped in near the finish line. — Won women’s division. Photograph analysis and eyewitnesses cracked it. Marathon fraud so brazen it became folklore.

In the 1980 Boston Marathon, one runner did something remarkable and was disqualified. What?