Romanchuk wins men's wheelchair race at NYC Marathon, Scaroni wins women's event

Marcel Hug’s three-year streak arsenic New York Marathon men’s wheelchair champion is complete aft Daniel Romanchuk won nan race

NEW YORK -- Marcel Hug's three-year streak arsenic New York Marathon men's wheelchair champion is complete aft Daniel Romanchuk won nan title connected Sunday.

The Swiss star, nicknamed nan Silver Bullet, had won 16 consecutive marathons, including a golden badge astatine this year's Paris Paralympics. He besides won nan Chicago Marathon a fewer weeks ago.

Susannah Scaroni won nan women’s wheelchair title by blowing past nan field. It was her 2nd clip winning, besides taking nan 2022 race.

It's nan first clip successful nan history of nan title that some nan men's and women's wheelchair events were won by Americans.

Hug became nan first para-racer to triumph nan Abbott World Marathon Majors bid title by coming first successful each six marathons past twelvemonth — Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York.

The 38-year-old Hug was successful nan lead battalion Sunday heading into Manhattan earlier falling disconnected nan pace. Romanchuk said a pothole connected First Ave. caused immoderate issues for immoderate of nan competitors.

It past became a three-man title betwixt Romanchuk, David Weir and Tomoki Suzuki. The trio came into nan past mile wrong a 2nd of each different earlier Romanchuk, who besides won this title successful 2018 and 2019, pulled distant to triumph successful 1 hour, 36 minutes, 31 seconds.

“I cognize astir of nan different racers beautiful well, really conscionable effort and wholly quiet nan vessel for nan last mile,” Romanchuk said. “It's amazing.”

Weir, who was runner up successful 2021 arsenic good arsenic winning nan title successful 2010, vanished 5 seconds behind. Suzuki was 3rd astatine 1:36.43.

Hug vanished fourth, 3:38 down nan winner.

Scaroni hit different American, Tatyana McFadden, winning nan title by much than 10 minutes successful 1:48.05.

“Always truthful typical to beryllium present successful New York City,” Scaroni said. “I woke up emotion awesome today, ne'er return it for granted. Coming up nan past elevation we had a tailwind today. So I had a small much power past I usually do astatine that hill.”

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