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Kathrine Switzer: 'Girls aren't supposed to be here'
Kathrine Switzer was the first female runner to race in the Boston Marathon in 1967.
She tells 5 Live鈥檚 Naga Munchetty the struggle she went through to finish the race.
鈥淗e grabbed me and tried to pull off my bib number.鈥�
Katherine explains how that one moment shaped her future.
鈥淚 said 鈥業 am going to run the rest of my life鈥欌��
This clip is originally from Naga Munchetty on Wednesday 20 July 2022.
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