Olympic Champion Defies Age by Running 10K 42 Years After Gold Medal Win

<p>Forty-two years after making history as the first-ever women&#8217;s Olympic marathon champion, Joan Benoit Samuelson is still refusing to permanently leave the starting line. The American distance-running legend has spent the last four decades constantly redefining the physical limits of athletic longevity. She continues to travel the globe to pursue incredibly demanding endurance events against [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.essentiallysports.com/olympics-news-track-and-field-olympic-champion-defies-age-by-running-ten-k-forty-two-years-after-gold-medal-win/">Olympic Champion Defies Age by Running 10K 42 Years After Gold Medal Win</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.essentiallysports.com">EssentiallySports</a>.</p>