Template:Did you know nominations/Laura Michalek

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The result was: promoted by TheAwesomeHwyh 05:19, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Laura Michalek

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• ... that in 1979, Laura Michalek became the youngest athlete ever to win the Chicago Marathon, at the age of fifteen? Source: Chicago Marathon page 181
  • ALT1:... that after Laura Michalek finished third at the 1979 Chicago Marathon, she was named the winner after the two competitors ahead of her were disqualified? Source: Chicago Marathon source above and Chicago Tribune specifically says third place.
  • ALT2:... that Laura Michalek won the 1979 Chicago Marathon after both the first and second place finishers were disqualified in the women's event? Source: Chicago Marathon source in hook

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Frank Spooner Churchill
• Comment: no free image available. Also, if you required clippings of the non linked sources, let me know.

Moved to mainspace by MrLinkinPark333 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:20, 13 July 2019 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I prefer ALT0 as its short and punchy! but am equally happy to go with ALT2. Dan arndt (talk) 04:37, 15 July 2019 (UTC)