Susannah Scaroni returned to the top of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon podium, cruising her way to a comeback victory after a flat tire kept her out of contention last year.

Scaroni , who took an early lead and never looked back, finished just off course record time with an unofficial finish of 1:38:12. The course record in the women's wheelchair event in Chicago was one hour and 38 minutes.

Scaroni was battling a trio of past Chicago winners, including 2024 champ Catherine Debrunner, two-time victor Manuela Schär and nine-time winner Tatyana McFadden of the United States. Debrunner set the world record for women's wheelchair in 2023 with a time of 1:34:16 in Berlin.

Last year, Scaroni experienced a flat front tire three miles into the race, but fought her way back to finish in

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