Wakako throws up her hands in triumph as she crossed the finish line during the Boston Marathon women’s wheelchair title. (Photo provided by PhotoRun/bostonmarathon.org)
BOSTON (AP) — Wakako Tsuchida of Japan has won her fourth consecutive Boston Marathon women’s wheelchair title.
Tsuchida finished in 1 hour, 43 minutes, 32 seconds. She finished comfortably ahead of Diane Roy of Canada.
Tsuchida was more than nine minutes off the world record, which was set in Boston.
Roy has been the Boston Marathon runner-up five times. She finished 3 minutes, 36 seconds behind Tsuchida. ♦