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  "id": 17817422,
  "title": "10 of the oldest marathons in the world, and how they started",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/10-of-the-oldest-marathons-in-the-world-and-how-they-started",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-02T15:33:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/oldest-marathons-world-origins"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "These 10 races, a selection from the oldest marathons in the world, trace how the event spread from the 1896 Athens Olympics and Boston into a global tradition",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}