Boston – Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has died. She was 86.

Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon in 1972, is dead at 86.

Nina Kuscsik, who won the Boston Marathon the first year that women officially allowed to enter into the race, has died.