• 11/29/2024

The Winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon Finally Got Her Prize Money—From a Complete Stranger

Wall Street Journal

Buzunesh Deba had waited nearly eight years for the $100,000 that was owed to her after the original winner was disqualified for doping. When race organizers wouldn’t pay up, a businessman wrote her a check instead.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/boston-marathon-winner-prize-money-8f51452f