![]() At the start, Switzer encountered the same official, Jock Semple, who had attacked her. In 1972, the Boston Marathon officially let women register to run in the race. Switzer's persistence, tenacity and spirit paid off. Photographs of the incident made Switzer a worldwide celebrity decades before 24-hours sports television and the Internet. Switzer's effort made headlines when a race official attacked her at about the two-mile mark in an attempt to stop her from running. The official entry form, however, did not include a category for gender, and there was no official rule that said women couldn't run. When she ran her first Boston Marathon in 1967, women simply did not compete in the event. ![]()
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