I can’t seem to get Grete Waitz, the Norwegian marathon champion who died last week in Oslo, out of my head. I’m no athlete, never ran a marathon, never had any particular connection to Waitz, though ...

OSLO, Norway - Grete Waitz, the Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. She ...

Grete Waitz had been a champion cross country skier, a world record-holder at 3,000 meters on the track, a cross country world champion, and a member of Norway's Olympic team.

Champion marathon runner Grete Waitz was a constant presence on the first weekend in November in Yew York City.

OSLO, Norway — Grete Waitz, the Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died today after a six-year battle with cancer. She ...

Grete Waitz, the Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57.

Waitz made her own vow – to run with him – and it produced the most poignant moment in race history, Lebow and Waitz running, walking, trudging through 26.2 miles.

Grete Waitz, the modest Norwegian schoolteacher who became an icon by winning the New York City Marathon nine times, died in Oslo Tuesday after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57.

Norwegian marathoner Grete Waitz has died at age 57. NPR's Mike Pesca joins Michele Norris with this remembrance.

The 2024 Boston Marathon Celebration Jacket Pays Homage to Running Great Grete Waitz: She ran her first marathon for fun, then went on to become a world champion.

Grete Waitz, nine-time winner of the New York City Marathon, has died of cancer at the age of 57. Fred Lebow, founder of the NYC Marathon, invited Waitz to the race in 1978 as a “rabbit,” a ...

Grete Waitz, the former Norwegian schoolteacher who became a world-class runner and won nine New York City Marathons, died Tuesday in Oslo after a long battle with cancer. She was 57. Waitz capture… ...