As Joan Benoit Samuelson negotiated the hairpin turn into the Coliseum tunnel, ran past the USC locker room and onto the stadium’s red synthetic track for the final 400 meters of the 1984 Olympic ...

Jul. 28—Joan Benoit was already the world-record holder in the women's marathon. The 27-year-old Cape Elizabeth native and Bowdoin College graduate had won the Boston Marathon twice. But this was ...

Joan Benoit Samuelson holds an American flag in celebration after winning gold in the women's marathon at the 1984 L.A. Olympic Games. (Lennox McLendon / Associated Press) As Joan Benoit Samuelson ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Joan Benoit Samuelson is synonymous with running, but it wasn’t always her preferred sport. “My first aspirations were in the sport of skiing, and skiing was available to ...

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During the Women's Olympic Marathon Trials in Boston last April, the roadside crowds cheered loudest for her, the local girl who conquered the world. Some of her competitors hadn't been born the year ...

WEX Living well Ambassador and Olympic Gold Medalist Advocates for a Culture of Wellness As the WEX Living well ambassador, Benoit Samuelson will support WEX and its employees as they work to achieve ...

Twenty years ago, Joan Benoit-Samuelson was stranded in a snowstorm at Newark International Airport. “We were coming back from London and the storm got me stuck,” said Samuelson, America’s greatest ...

LOS ANGELES – Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first women’s Olympic marathon champion, hopes the return of the Summer Games to Los Angeles in 2028 will propel a new generation of American distance runners ...