BOSTON -- A familiar name returned to the top of the podium and another one got there for the first time in the wheelchair division at the 127th Boston Marathon.
Marcel Hug of Switzerland captured his sixth men's wheelchair Boston Marathon title, claiming the victory Monday in a course record of 1 hour, 17 minutes, 6 seconds in the first race of the day. It bests his previous course mark of 1:18:04 set in 2017. American Daniel Romanchuk was second in 1:27.45, followed by Jetze Plat of the Netherlands in 1:28.35.
In the women's race, American Susannah Scaroni won her first Boston title despite having to stop early to tighten a wheel that began to wobble on the bumpy pavement.
"It's better to pull over, losing that time tightening it," she said. "The speed you lose when your wheel is [loose] is much greater than the time you would lose by not tightening it. I was disappointed. I just tried to get back to the ... pace as quickly as I could."
Scaroni's victory followed runner-up finishes in 2018 and 2022. She was followed by Madison de Rozario of Australia in 1:46.55 and Wakako Tsuchida of Japan in 1:47.04.
Hug's win was the second largest in the Boston wheelchair race's history. He received $25,000 for the victory and a $50,000 bonus for setting the course mark.
Hug, 37, 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. Hug also broke the course record in Saturday's 5K race.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
