19 Apr 1967, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA — Trainer Jock Semple — in street clothes — enters the field of runners (left) to try to pull Kathy Switzer (261) out of the race. Male runners move in to form a protective curtain around female track hopeful until the protesting trainer is finally wedged out of the race — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

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