Obit Waitz Athletics

FILE - This Oct. 23, 1983, file photo shows Grete Waitz and male winner Rod Dixon with their garland head wreaths after winning the New York City marathon, in New York. Waitz, the Norwegian runner who won nine New York City Marathons and the silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died in Oslo, Norway Tuesday, April 19, 2011 after a six-year battle with cancer. She was 57. (AP Photo/File)