AS today is International Women's Day, the Echo looks back at an event 20 years ago that brought thousands together for a good cause.
Every single one of the women who ran or walked around Southampton Common in the annual Race for Life on June 27, 2002, was a champion.
Each had been touched by cancer – leading to their participation in one of the south’s biggest fundraising events.
And their efforts raised more than £250,000 for the fight to find a cure for the killer disease.
An amazing 5,000 competitors took part in the event – topping the previous year's record number by more than 2,000.
Thousands of supporters were there to cheer on mums, grandmums, daughters and sisters.
They were all heroines – each and every one of them.
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