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"On your mark. Get set!" BANG! Grete starts. She runs fast. She pushes herself. 10, 20, 30, 42 kilometers! She crosses the finish line. First place!

That was the 1978 New York City Marathon. Grete Waitz, from Norway, won that day. It was her first marathon ever. And she set a world record.

Grete won New York again in 1979. And again, she set the world record. She kept winning. She won the New York Marathon 9 times!

In all, Grete won 12 marathons. She set the worl...