Posted on 08/08/2019 5:35:06 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Rosie Ruiz, whose name is notoriously synonymous with marathon cheating, died on July 8, from cancer, according to an obituary posted by her family in Palm Beach, Florida. She was 66 and known as Rosie M. Vivas.
Ruiz infamously jumped into the 1980 Boston Marathon in the final stretch of the race and claimed the women’s win ahead of the true champion, Jacqueline Gareau of Québec. Runners and fans have always resented that Ruiz basked in acclamation for her supposed come-from-behind victory and refused to admit guilt. Gareau had to cross the finish line with no recognition of her course record time of 2:34:28, or her dominant defeat of the prerace favorite, Patti Lyons of Boston, who was second in 2:35:08.
It was also found that Ruiz began her course-cutting career in her first marathon, New York City in 1979, when she either dropped out, or skipped the course completely, and was seen on the subway to Central Park. She crossed the finish line, receiving medical attention for a supposedly injured ankle, and her bar code was recorded as a finisher. That gave her a Boston qualification for 1980. Her employer, thrilled by her result, paid her expenses to go to Boston.
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.
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Guess she couldn’t cheat death.
Rosie Ruiz cheated in marathons, committed other offenses, then became an honorary #FloridaWoman.
DANG!
RIP Rosie.
the funeral procession will take a short cut to the cemetery
LMAO!
Looks like she took another shortcut to the other side.
They need to use a taxi for her coffin
Remember this one ?
In the Air Force we had to run 1 1/2 within some time limit every so often. A friend and I met at the track and started to run. Another guy, a few years older, joined us after 1 lap. When my friend and I reached 6 laps we stopped and were within the allotted the time limit. The other guy stopped too, even though he had run only 5 laps. He won an award for the best time in his age group! Sigh.
“She is survived by her domestic partner and her three sons and their families, and by her own brother and family.”
Uh-huh...
My high school teacher at the
time: “Rosie Ruiz panty hose,
guaranteed not to run”
punny
Always tough for women athletes to get a break, particularly back then.
Cheaters never prosper.
I remember that! She cross the finish line not sweating or hardly. Good Secret add in the making.
Swell.
“Father Time” remains the undefeated champion.
No. I know of it, but no. I was little when that happened...and “GASP”, I couldn’t care less about the Boston Marathon.
In high school, we had a circular indoor track the center was the future swimming pool marked off by snow fence (thin wood slats and wire).
One genius though he would jump the fence and wait out most of the laps.
He didn’t quite make the jump and punched out his femoral artery!!!
Massive blood loss!
But survived and was pale looking for about a year.
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