Australia’s Madison de Rozario has won her second London Marathon in a course record following a frantic sprint finish … taking gold by just one second.
Australia’s Madison de Rozario has won her second London Marathon in a course record following a frantic sprint finish.
De Rozario — the Tokyo Paralympic gold medallist in the T54 marathon — edged defending champion Manuela Schär of Switzerland by just one second in the women’s wheelchair race.
She crossed the line in one hour, 38 minutes and 51 seconds.
“That was an intimidating field to be a part of. You look around and see these three women you’re pushing with and thinking ‘these are the best athletes in the world’,” de Rozario said.
“Cat [Debrunner] won this race last year in a course record, Manuela’s been dominant for such a long time and Susannah’s come off the back of winning Boston by five minutes.
“So to win a sprint from them was amazing.”
The 29-year-old first won the London Marathon in 2018.
De Rozario was competing less than a week after she finished second in the Boston Marathon.
Later, Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan won a dramatic women’s race in which she recovered from an apparent injury early in the race to beat a stacked field.t to. A newsletter delivered each Friday.
