

(UHB TV), FM Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Hokkaido Amateur Athletic Association, The Hokkaido Shimbun Press, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting Co. pace as quickly as I could.Organizing Committee for Hokkaido Marathon 2023 "The speed you lose when your wheel is (loose) is much greater than the time you would lose by not tightening it. “It’s better to pull over losing that time tightening it," she said. She dealt with the issue and returned to the race. Scaroni built a 20-second lead early before having to stop briefly to adjust a loose right wheel about 10 miles in. Hug also broke the course record in Saturday’s 5K race as well. The 37-year-old Hug surged to the front of the field on a foggy and drizzly morning, leading the majority of the 26.2-mile course a year after withdrawing before the race for medical reasons. He received $25,000 for the victory and a $50,000 bonus for setting the new course mark. Hug’s win was the second-largest in the Boston wheelchair race’s history.

Hug won the Boston Marathon the last year he competed in 2021, but had to withdraw due to injury in 2022.īOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 17: Susannah Scaroni of the United States crosses the finish line and takes first place in the professional Women's Wheelchair Division during the 127th Boston Marathon on Apin Boston, Massachusetts. American Daniel Romanchuk was second in 1:27.45, followed by Jetze Plat of the Netherlands in 1:28.35. His unofficial finish time was 1:17:06, beating his former record at the Boston Marathon by about a minute.

In the men's wheelchair division, five-time Boston Marathon champion Marcel Hug of Switzerland made it six on Monday. Hug, Scaroni take Boston Marathon wheelchair titles finished fifth at 2:22:10, the second-fastest time ever for an American woman at the Boston Marathon behind only Shalane Flanagan.

(Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)Ībabel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia finished fourth in the women's field despite falling not far from the finish line.Įmma Bates of the U.S. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 17: Hellen Obiri of Kenya crosses the finish line and takes first place in the professional Women's Division during the 127th Boston Marathon on Apin Boston, Massachusetts.
