It was a Swiss double in the wheelchair races with victories for Marcel Hug and Catherine DebrunnerSwitzerland's Marcel Hug surged to victory in the men's wheelchair race at the London Marathon for the fourth year in a row.American Daniel Romanchuk finished second with Briton David Weir, in his 25th consecutive appearance, third.
"I am really happy about the win and that we could do it together is even better," Debrunner told BBC Sport. Meanwhile, Hug, who won the men's race in Boston, had Romanchuk for company throughout the first half of the race in London. However, Hug had enough left in the tank to drop his competitors in the second half of the race to win comfortably.
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