'Silver bullet' Hug completes golden Paralympics sweep in marathon"Silver bullet" Marcel Hug crosses the finish line to win the men's marathon T54TOKYO - "Silver bullet" Marcel Hug cemented his place among the all-time great Paralympic athletes when he defended his T54 marathon title on Sunday for his fourth gold at Tokyo 2020. Empty," said an exhausted Hug who captured the sixth Paralympics gold of his career on the final day of the Games. Hug completed a golden sweep in all four T54 events he entered in Tokyo -- 800m, 1,500m, 5,000m and the marathon. By contrast, Madison de Rozario had just a second to spare as she clung on to win the women's T54 marathon in a thrilling finish. The Australian wheelchair racer entered the stadium with a slender lead over Swiss great Manuela Schaer, who took silver, with Nikita den Boer of the Netherlands in third.

Source: Bangkok Post September 05, 2021 01:52 UTC