“Silver bullet” Marcel Hug crosses the finish line to win the men’s marathon T54
TOKYO – “Silver bullet” Marcel Hug cemented his place among the all-time great Paralympic athletes when he defended his T54 marathon title on Sunday for his fourth gold at Tokyo 2020.
The Swiss wheelchair master opened an early gap on the field with only silver medallist Zhang Yong able to stay in touch before Hug dropped the Chinese athlete over the last two uphill kilometres.
“I don’t know how to feel. I’m just tired. Empty,” said an exhausted Hug who captured the sixth Paralympics gold of his career on the final day of the Games.
“I made it. I don’t know how I made it, but I made it and it’s incredible.”
Hug finished in 1hr 24min 2sec. Zhang was 20 seconds behind for silver with Daniel Romanchuk of the United States a…
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