Daniel Romanchuk of america received the Boston Marathon’s males’s wheelchair race on Monday, securing his second victory there.
With defending champion Marcel Hug of Switzerland having withdrawn earlier than the race, Romanchuk minimize a transparent path to the end line, ending in 1 hour 26 minutes 58 seconds. Romanchuk, 23, received a gold medal within the 2020 Summer season Paralympics in Tokyo and a bronze medal within the males’s marathon.
In 2018, Romanchuk grew to become the youngest winner within the historical past of the New York Metropolis Marathon’s wheelchair occasion at 19 years outdated, defeating Hug by 1 second. He grew to become the youngest winner of the Boston race a 12 months later.
Romanchuk, who was born with spina bifida, grew up in Maryland. He started racing when he was 5 years old after his mom inspired him.
