wheelchair Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:03:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg wheelchair Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Canadian Sets World Record At Boston Marathon https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/04/18/canadian-sets-world-record-at-boston-marathon/ Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:00:49 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=6278 April 16 was a very hot day in Boston, Mass. It was a record-setting 27 degrees Celsius.

It was the day of the 116th Boston Marathon.

A marathon is a long-distance race, covering just over 42 kilometres. On this day, many runners (16 per cent of them, in fact) decided to pass on the event because it was too hot. Many other racers posted slower than usual race times.

Except for one participant. Canadian Josh Cassidy, 27, set a world record.

Cassidy won the men's wheelchair division. He raced in a three-wheel, high-tech wheelchair; he uses his arms to power it.

Cassidy finished with a record time of 1:18:25 (one hour, 18 minutes and 25 seconds). His time was two seconds faster than the previous best time, set by South Africa’s Ernst Van Dyk in 2004.

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