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Cascade Run Off: The Race that Changed Running

As the world's elite marathon runners prepare to take to the start line ahead of the 35th running of the London Marathon, 1989 winner Veronique Marot reflects on the 1981 Cascade Run - a showdown over professionalism and amateurism for which that race, a historic revolt against hypocrisy in Olympic sports, will always be remembered.

(Image: Veronique Marot. Credit: Getty Images)

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