Paralympics
Marcel Hug’s three-year streak as New York Marathon men’s wheelchair champion is over after Daniel Romanchuk won the race on Sunday.
Result ends Marcel Hug’s 3-year streak as championCBC Sports
· Posted: Nov 03, 2024 10:15 AM EST | Last Updated: 6 hours ago
American Daniel Romanchuk is shown in this file photo from the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games. Romanchuk won the New York City men’s wheelchair marathon on Sunday. (File/Getty Images)Marcel Hug’s three-year streak as New York Marathon men’s wheelchair champion is over after Daniel Romanchuk won the race on Sunday.
Swiss star Hug had won 16 straight marathons, including a gold medal at this year’s Paris Paralympics.
The 38-year-old Hug was in the lead pack for the first 15 miles before his wheelchair got clipped by one of his competitors.
It then became a three-man race between Romanchuk, David Weir and Tomoki Suzuki.
The trio came into the last mile within a second of each other.
Romanchuk, who also won in 2018 and 2019, won in one hour 36 minutes and 31 seconds.
Josh Cassidy was the top Canadian finisher, crossing the line in 1:49:34.
🇨🇦 pro wheelchair racer @JoshCassidy84 on completing his FIFTH marathon in the last 7 weeks:
“It’s been crazy. The challenge of NYC is what keeps me coming back.”#NYCMarathon #RunYourWay pic.twitter.com/2hghE05l0I
—@CanadianRunningSusannah Scaroni won the women’s wheelchair race.
