An obituary said Nina Kuscsik died June 8 of respiratory failure after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon in 1972, is dead ...

Ms. Kuscsik, who competed in more than 80 marathons over four decades, was in the forefront of the push to end the ...

Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has died. She was ...

Nina Kuscsik, the first woman to win the Boston Marathon, died at age 86. Per her obituary, Kuscsik died of respiratory ...

Nina Kuscsik, winner of the first official women’s race at the Boston Marathon, twice winner at New York, and an important early advocate for women’s running, died on June 8 at Huntington Station, ...

Kathrine Switzer, who entered the 1971 Boston Marathon using her initials and became the first woman to official compete, called Kuscsik “one of our greatest leaders.” 3 Olavi Suomalainen (l ...

Kathrine Switzer, who entered the 1971 Boston Marathon using her initials and became the first woman to official compete, called Kuscsik “one of our greatest leaders. ...