Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner, each from Switzerland, received the lads’s and ladies’s wheelchair races within the New York Metropolis Marathon on Sunday. Hug received a document sixth victory on New York’s course, whereas Debrunner set a course document in her debut within the race.

Hug, whose nickname is the Silver Bullet, received his third consecutive race in New York in 1 hour 25 minutes 29 seconds, three seconds in need of the course document he set final 12 months. He additionally surpassed Kurt Fearnley’s document of 5 wins within the race.

“It’s unbelievable,” Hug mentioned on ESPN. “In the meanwhile, I’m simply so, so drained. It was actually powerful. However I’m glad as effectively.”

Debrunner ended a dominating 2023 by ending in 1 hour 39 minutes 32 seconds, smashing the New York course document by greater than three minutes.

Earlier this 12 months, she received the Berlin and Chicago marathons, that are each on flat programs, in comparison with New York’s hilly course. She set course information in each races and a world document in Berlin.

She additionally received the title for many factors within the main marathon sequence, which incorporates six races globally.

“I knew it was the hardest marathon and it was my first time,” Debrunner mentioned on ESPN after the race. “I got here away a lot sooner than anticipated and I did the entire race on my own. It means the world to me. I received the entire marathon sequence and that’s so insane. It’s been a fairy-tale season.”

Like final 12 months, Hug was neck-and-neck with Daniel Romanchuk of the US for the primary few miles of the race. However as they sped by means of Brooklyn, Hug pulled away and was a number of minutes in entrance by the midway level. His commanding lead held over the remainder of the course.

Whereas Romanchuk completed second in 1 hour half-hour 7 seconds on Sunday, he certified for the U.S. workforce in subsequent summer season’s Paralympic Video games in Paris. For the primary time, the New York Metropolis Marathon doubled because the qualifying race for the highest two American finishers. Aaron Pike, the second American finisher, additionally made the workforce.

Debrunner led nearly from the beginning of the race on Staten Island. She had a commanding one-minute lead inside the first 10 miles of the race. By the halfway level, her lead had ballooned to greater than three minutes over Susannah Scaroni of the US, who received the race in document time final 12 months.

Manuela Schar of Switzerland completed second. Scaroni completed third, however she certified for the U.S. workforce for the Paralympic Video games, as did Tatyana McFadden, a five-time winner of the race, who completed sixth.

Hug received $35,000 for ending first in his division. Debrunner received $35,000 for profitable her division and one other $50,000 for breaking the course document.