Catherine Debrunner performs an impressive performance to break her own course record, since she and Marcel Hug made him a double Swiss for the second year in the London marathon wheelchair races.
Debrunner ended in a time of 34 minutes 18 seconds, more than four minutes faster than the best previous one in London three years ago and only two seconds exceeded the time of their world record.
After fighting on the front with the winner of the Boston Marathon, Susannah Scaroni, from the first half of the race, Debrunner became clear in the last third to win in almost four minutes.
It is the third time that Debrunner won the race, after the triumphs in 2022 and 2024.
“It makes me proud. I have a good game with this course and I was anxious for races,” he told the BBC.
“We had a super strong field. It was a perfect climate for me, I like it when it’s hot. The crowd was very noisy, which helped.”
In the male wheelchair race, the Paralympic champion Hug emerged to his seventh victory in London, and fifth consecutive, at 1:25:25.
The 10 km and Tomoki Suzuki brand of 10 km established a four -second gap and Tomoki Suzuki of Althegh Japan managed to keep the Swiss excellent inside their sight for a while, Analley Hug could leave him behind.
Suzuki clung to second with Jetze Plat from the Netherlands in third place.
“I separated from the group early and then it was like a counterreloj, it was really difficult,” said Hug. “But I enjoyed it with the crowd and everything. It was really fantastic.
“I felt the presence [of Suzuki] A lot. I tried to push as much as possible. It was really difficult, but fortunately the last kilometers, I give my home and felt more comfortable. “
The eight -time winner of Great Britain, David Weir, competing in the event for 26 consecutive years, ended sixth.
Eden Rainbow-Cooper was the best British in the female race while crossing the line in room.
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