Tatyana McFadden made it back-to-back wins to start the first ever World Marathon Majors Wheelchair Series when she beat Manuela Schar of Switzerland to the finish line by just one second. These two had gone 1-2 in Boston as well but Schar was a lot closer this time. Amanda McGrory finished fourth to make it two Americans in the top five. It was the second straight top five for McGrory who was fifth in Boston. Susannah Scaroni was seventh with Chelsea McClammer in eighth.

On the men’s side James Senbeta was the top American in fifth, just like in Boston, while Aaron Pike was seventh, Joshua George 17th, and Brian Siemann was 24th.

Over in the elite women’s category only Sara Hall from the US was competing and finished 12th. Ruben Sanca competed in the men’s marathon and was 32nd overall beating several of the elite runners.

The next World Marathon Major is not until Berlin on September 25th.

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