Daniel Romanchuk, 21, gears up for potentially historic New York City Marathon race.
When Daniel Romanchuk first started competing in marathons in 2012, his main goal was to merely keep up with the pack. Just for a mile, at least.Now, Romanchuk is in the lead.
In addition to his NYC accolades, he also earned the title of the youngest person ever to win the Boston Marathon this year and the first American to win in 26 years, and scored a spot in the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 thanks to his Chicago Marathon win in October."I try not to concentrate really on those … It would be incredible to [win New York], but it's not necessarily a goal of mine," Romanchuk recently told ABC News."I try to keep my goals within my own capabilities.
"I like to climb. I don't necessarily like to descend, so just kind of knowing where those areas are and knowing who's in the pack who can possibly go down hill a lot better than I can," Romanchuk said, noting that he likes to be"economical" with his strokes.Romanchuk, who was born with spina bifida -- a birth defect that affects the spine and is the most common neural tube defect in the U.S.
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