Waitz completed her last marathon on 1 November 1992 with her friend Fred Lebow.
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She further demonstrated her versatility by successfully competing in cross country, earning two bronze medals (1982, 1984) at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and winning the gold medal five times, (1978-1981 and 1983), tying her with Doris Brown Heritage for most wins in the history of women's International/World Cross Country Championships.
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It was in 1978 that her association with the New York City Marathon began; she was invited to run there by race co-founder and director Fred Lebow, and in her first appearance she not only won but took a full two minutes off the women's world record.
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This could be as much as NOK 500 million per year, which would go to the establishment of hospital physical training centres and investment in PET-scanners.
Grete Waitz | Georg Waitz | Waitz | Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée | Grete Natzler | Grete Faremo | Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen |
Italian runners Gelindo Bordin, Orlando Pizzolato, and Stefano Baldini are interviewed, as well as former world record holder, Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, British world-record holder Paula Radcliffe, and Norwegian Grete Waitz.