BREAKING: Susannah Scaroni captures first Chicago Marathon title in women's wheelchair race, making a major career comeback after a crash last year
The force of the impact not only caused a “burst fracture” to her T8 vertebrae, but also completely destroyed her racing chair.
During Sunday’s broadcast, McGrory revealed that when she retired from competitive racing last year, there was only one person who should get her racing gear: Scaroni. “Susannah is the perfect person for it,” she said. “I have never met another athlete who is so intrinsically motivated to do her best every day. It actually made it very difficult to train with her when we were teammates because she wants to go fast, every day, constantly.”
Scaroni, who finished third in the 2018 Chicago Marathon, had to deal with more than just the loss of her equipment on the way to this race. Her first attempt at a comeback from the crash took place at the New York City Half Marathon, but she was forced to withdraw after contracting COVID-19, according to Yahoo.
Scaroni survived a car accident at age 5 but was left paralyzed following the incident. Since then, she has become a stellar athlete with three Paralympic appearances under her belt and prior experience at the Chicago Marathon.
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