Running with Pheidippides : Stylianos Kyriakides, the Miracle Marathoner (Sports and Entertainment)

This text tells the true story of Stylianos Kyriakides who, against all odds, entered and triumphed in the 1946 Boston Marathon. Kyriakides ran not just to win, but to draw the world's attention to his home country, Greece, which had resisted Nazi occupation and was torn apart by civil war.