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At the 1972 NYC Marathon 6 girls stepped to the starting line for the 26 mile race, and when the gun went off they all sat down on the pavement and waited like praying Buddhist monks. Nina Kuscsik, the first woman to officially complete the NYC Marathon, led these women in protest to the rules that stated women must have a 10 minute head-start.
The women won the day, and the future of women's running is indebted to them. Because of their efforts women now enjoy equal status in competitive running. If it weren't for Nina, women wouldn't even be able to run in the Olympics.
This piece is scheduled to air on WSHU and the program She Got Game.
At the 1972 NYC Marathon 6 girls stepped to the starting line for the 26 mile race, and when the gun went off they all sat down on the pavement and waited like praying Buddhist monks. Nina Kuscsik, the first woman to officially complete the NYC Marathon, led these women in protest to the rules that stated women must have a 10 minute head-start.
The women won the day, and the future of women's running is indebted to them. Because of their efforts women now enjoy equal status in competitive running. If it weren't for Nina, women wouldn't even be able to run in the Olympics.
This piece is scheduled to air on WSHU and the program She Got Game.
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At the 1972 NYC Marathon 6 girls stepped to the starting line for the 26 mile race, and when the gun went off they all sat down on the pavement and waited like praying Buddhist monks. Nina Kuscsik, the first woman to officially complete the NYC Marathon, led these women in protest to the rules that stated women must have a 10 minute head-start. The women won the day, and the future of women's running is indebted to them. Because of their efforts women now enjoy equal status in competitive running. If it weren't for Nina, women wouldn't even be able to run in the Olympics. This piece is scheduled to air on WSHU and the program She Got Game.
Broadcast History
As of 3/34/04 it is intended to air on WSHU and She Got Game
Transcript
SCRIPT: They Sit To Run
V4, 3/23/04
INTRO? There was a time when women who wanted to run in the New York City Marathon were permitted to do so only if they started 10 minutes before or after the men. In 1972 a group of women started a chain of events that changed that and eventually led to equality in distance running. She Got Game?s CM Lane caught up with one of those pioneering women.
NAR2?Nina Kuscsik doesn't look 66-years-old, though she claims to be. She has nearly the same athletic body and enthusiasm that she had 30 years ago when she organized a sit-down strike at the New York City Marathon in protest of the rule that stated men and women must start at different times.
T13 4:34 (25ss)
(Nina) It was in New York where Pat Rico wrote the letter that women had to start 10 minutes before or after the men. My interpretation of that was the men were the headlines and...
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