In a postrace interview after the race, Ruiz seemed astoundingly at a loss of how runners win marathons. “What are intervals?” she responded to television interviewer Kathrine Switzer.
Doubts quickly surfaced after she finished as the women’s winner in Boston. Her fresh appearance and sweat-free T-shirt did not fit with a hard 26 miles on a sunny day in the mid-70s. In one photo, she ill-advisedly raised her arms in jubilation to reveal totally dry armpits.
The full story of her New York performance quickly emerged, video evidence was consulted, and Ruiz was disqualified from that race. A disqualification from Boston followed eight days after the race. Gareau was brought back from Canada to enact a true victory ceremony alongside men’s winner Bill Rodgers.
Jacqueline Gareau listens to race director Will Cloney following the controversial women’s finish of the 84th Boston Marathon on April 21, 1980. Gareau was declared the women’s winner following the disqualification of Rosie Ruiz.Ruiz persisted in claiming that she had run the whole distance and refused to return the winner’s medal.
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