MOSCOW (AP) -- The kid wearing pigtails racing against women twice her size. The rising star dominating middle-distance running thanks to a powerful kick to the finish that no one could match. And ...

In a way, Mary Slaney has been doubly cursed. As the most dominant women’s middle- and long-distance runner in American history, she was given a body that could not keep up with her. In a second cruel ...

Mary Decker Slaney doesn't obsess anymore about not winning an Olympic medal. She was barely too young to make the Olympic track and field team in 1972, injured in 1976, sidelined by the U.S. boycott ...

Mary Slaney wants to run. Not jog. Run. There is a difference. Jogging is for exercise. Running is for exhilaration. Jogging is comfortable. Running hurts. But Slaney, America’s greatest female middle ...

EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Even after all the pain, the surgery and the heartbreak, Mary Slaney still wants to run. "If I could get healthy, I would get out there and see how much an almost ...