David crosses the line over a minute ahead of the oposition
25th March 2012: David Weir won the CTT Wheelchairs Race of the 22nd EDP Lisbon Half Marathon, in a World Record time: 00:43:41.
The British athlete crossed the line more than one minute ahead of his nearest pursuers, the Spanish Roger Puigbo and the Swiss legend Heinz Frei.
In the women’s category, the podium was entirely Swiss, with Manuela Schar occupying the top spot, followed by Sandra Keller and Patricia Hager.
David uses a custom built Draft Mistral racing chair.
Men
1 WEIR, DAVID 00:43:41 GBR
2 PUIGBO, ROGER 00:44:50 SPA
3 FREI, HEINZ 00:44:51 SWI
4 MADERA, JORDI 00:46:33 SPA
5 SCHABORT, KRIGE 00:47:12 SAF
6 LAWSON, SIMON 00:47:48 GBR
7 LOTSCHER, TOBIAS 00:48:29 SWI
8 SILVA, ALEXANDRINO 00:48:35 POR
9 MCARTHUR, BRETT 00:48:36 AUS
10 SAMUELSSON, PIERRE 00:49:11 SWE
Women
1 SCHAR, MANUELA 00:55:24 SWI
2 HAGER, SANDRA 00:58:46 SWI
3 KELLER, PATRICIA 01:01:18 SWI
4 VERVOOT, MARIEKE 01:02:42 BEL
5 SOTURNO, YADIRA 01:22:00 VEN