Aussie makes history at New York marathon

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Paralympics champion Madison de Rozario has made past by becoming the archetypal Australian pistillate to triumph the New York marathon.

The 27-year-old Perth-raised wheelchair prima crossed the Central Park decorativeness enactment successful a clip of 1:51:01 to clinch triumph successful what was her 3rd effort astatine the world-famous marathon event.

She won by an astonishing 3 minutes up of erstwhile New York winners Tatyana McFadden of the US and Switzerland's Manuela Shar.

"This is unreal," de Rozario said.

"New York is 1 that I've ne'er had astonishing results on. It's been my slightest palmy event, and my slightest palmy consistently.

"But the 2 years we weren't travelling, we buried ourselves successful basal enactment and spot work, and it's paid disconnected not conscionable present but successful Tokyo, it's truthful bully to see."

De Rozario won the London marathon successful 2018. She's won aggregate medals astatine some the Commonwealth Games and the Paralympic Games.

Earlier this twelvemonth she won her archetypal Paralympics golden medal by taking retired the women's wheelchair marathon, and besides won the 800 metres successful a grounds time, arsenic good arsenic the 1500m event.

De Rozario lone confirmed her information successful the New York marathon a fortnight ago, having been unsure of travelling to the United States fixed the COVID-19 question restrictions successful her location authorities of New South Wales.

Once those restrictions eased she decided to marque the trip, and it paid dividends. She volition pouch $25,000 for winning the marathon.

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The triumph makes her the archetypal Paralympics marathon champion to triumph New York successful the aforesaid year.

"I've been wanting to interruption into this portion of my vocation for 3 years," De Rozario said.

"The marathon is specified a large situation successful presumption of however you bid for it. There's specified a immense quality betwixt staying with a pack, oregon getting to the podium oregon adjacent staying beardown passim the distance.

"But to backmost up a win. I've ne'er been consistent. To travel distant with some New York and the Paralympics, shows however overmuch enactment we person enactment in."

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