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Australians Michael Roeger, Jaryd Clifford break marathon world records ahead of Tokyo Paralympics – ABC News

Roeger posts a fourth consecutive record in the T46 classification and Clifford breaks the T12 world mark for vision-impaired athletes at the Tokyo Games qualifying…

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Australian Paralympic athletes Michael Roeger and Jaryd Clifford have broken the world records in their respective classes at the Tokyo Games qualifying marathon in Sydney.

  • Roeger ran a time of 2:18.52, taking 40 seconds off his previous PB
  • Clifford clocked 2:19:08 in his marathon debut
  • He is likely to focus only on the 1,500m and 5,000m at the Tokyo Paralympics

Roeger recorded his fourth consecutive marathon world record in the T46 class with a time of two hours, 18 minutes and 52 seconds, slashing…

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