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London to stage richest ever wheelchair races

Manuela Schar (SUI) competing in the Elite Women's Wheelchair Race at The 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon

The 2022 TCS London Marathon will host the richest wheelchair races in history on Sunday 2 October

Defending champions Marcel Hug (SUI) and Manuela Schär (SUI), Paralympic marathon winner Madison de Rozario (AUS) and eight-time London Marathon champion David Weir (GBR) will all be competing for a share of the biggest-ever wheelchair racing prize pot on Sunday 2 October 2022.

The TCS London Marathon has increased the total prize structure across both the men’s and women’s wheelchair races by $57,800: from $141,700 in 2021 to $199,500 this year. The new structure includes increased prize money for each of the top 10 finishers, while there are additional bonuses available for course records and the Abbott World Marathon Majors Flying 400 competition.

The winners of the men’s and women’s wheelchair race will receive $35,000 each, up from $25,000 last year, with second receiving $20,000 and third $15,000. There are incremental increases for all the finisher positions down to the 10tth-placed athlete, who will receive $1,250.

Improving equality and inclusion

Schär said: “I’ve been racing marathons around the world since 2013. To see what the London Marathon has done, and continues to do, to promote wheelchair racing should be a great example to society.”

Weir said: “For the London Marathon to be taking a stand and increasing prize money for wheelchair athletes is really powerful and sets a benchmark for all sports globally. I really appreciate, and forever will, what the London Marathon is doing for the men’s and women’s wheelchair divisions.”

Hugh Brasher, TCS London Marathon Event Director, said: “The London Marathon has for many years led the way in promoting, supporting and showcasing the very best wheelchair racers in the world. We’re delighted to be doing this again by making this year’s wheelchair races the richest in history and welcoming the greatest wheelchair athlete field we have ever assembled.”

Schär leads the entries in the elite women’s wheelchair field. The 37-year-old has been the world’s leading female wheelchair racer since 2018 and set a London Marathon course record of 1:39:52 last year. One of the few racers to have got the better of Schär in recent years is Paralympic marathon champion de Rozario, the 2018 London Marathon winner, and she will return to the UK capital in October for the first time since 2019.

Teenage German sensation Merle Menje, who finished second last year when aged just 17, is back for 2022, as is 2020 champion Nikita den Boer (NED). Four-time London Marathon winner Tatyana McFadden (USA) returns along with her compatriot Susannah Scaroni, who recently set a world 5000m record (10:38:46).

Elite men's wheelchair field

Name Country Personal Best
Marcel HUG SUI 1:17:47
Ernst VAN DYK
RSA 1:18:04
Joshua CASSIDY
CAN 1:18:24
Tomoki SUZUKI
JPN 1:18:37
Aaron PIKE
USA 1:20:02
JohnBoy SMITH
GBR 1:20:05
Hiroki NISHIDA
JPN 1:20:28
Kota HOKINOUE
JPN 1:20:54
Daniel ROMANCHUK
USA 1:21:21 
Rafael BOTELLO JIMENEZ
ESP 1:22:09
Jordi MADERA JIMENEZ
ESP 1:22:10
Patrick MONAHAN
IRL 1:22:23
Sho WATANABE
JPN 1:24:00
Hermin GARIC
USA 1:24:18
James SENBETA
USA 1:24:27
Simon LAWSON
GBR 1:25:06
David WEIR GBR 1:26:17
Jake LAPPIN AUS 1:29:31
Callum HALL  GBR 1:30:27
Jetze PLAT
NED Debut

Elite women's wheelchair field

Name Country Personal Best
Susannah SCARONI
USA 1:27:31
Manuela SCHAR
SUI 1:28:17
Jenna FESEMYER
USA 1:37:02
Shelly WOODS
GBR 1:37:44
Madison DE ROZARIO
AUS 1:38:11
Wakako TSUCHIDA
JPN 1:38:32
Margriet VAN DEN BROEK
NED 1:38:33
Aline ROCHA  BRA 1:41:39
Merle MENJE
GER 1:42:12
Vanessa DE SOUZA
BRA 1:42:16
Michelle WHEELER
USA 1:45:45
Christie DAWES
AUS 1:46:44
Patricia EACHUS
SUI 1:47:06
Yen HOANG
USA 1:50:14
Catherine DEBRUNNER
SUI Debut