"One of the best wheelchair athletes in the world."

The wheelchair athletes were supposed to start yesterday at 9:15, 92 minutes before the regular field of runners began.

Yesterday, as the first wheelchair athlete to finish, he turned in a 2:44 time.

Yesterday, nine wheelchair athletes took a legal step to change that.

As a result, today's wheelchair athletes are getting bigger, stronger and, yes, faster.

Once considered the fastest wheelchair athlete in 1995 though 1997.

They say that the police and other city officials have decided to hold up the wheelchair athletes for their own safety.

There even has been a 10-kilometer race for wheelchair athletes only.

Since 1981, he said, only one of his wheelchair athletes has been hit by a car.

"I'm the first wheelchair athlete to win this award," she said.