Boston Marathon 2024: Marcel Hug breaks own course record, wins men’s wheelchair race for seventh time
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Marcel Hug crushed his own Boston Marathon record Monday en route to winning the men’s wheelchair race for a seventh time. Hug recorded an unofficial race time of 1:15:33, more than a minute faster than his race-record time of 1:17:06, which he set last year. His finish in 2023 broke a course record he previously set in 2017. Advertisement On Monday, the Switzerland native beat his record despite crashing into a barrier about 18 miles into the race. “I just had too much pressure on the...

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