Osama Rashad, 1954 - 2019 Courtesy of Nasser Elshazly, Egypt. One of the most exciting - if not the most exciting in history - Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, a professional 32 km marathon race in lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada was the 1973 race when Osama Rashad of Egypt and Horacio Iglesias tied for first in 8 hours 20 minutes 43 seconds. Sadly,