Japan’s Tsuchida take 4th straight women’s wheelchair

Tsuchida takes 4th straight women’s wheelchair

BOSTON — Wakako Tsuchida (Wah-KAH-koh Tu-SHEE-dah) of Japan has won her fourth consecutive Boston Marathon women’s wheelchair title.

Tsuchida finished in 1 hour, 43 minutes, 32 seconds, comfortably ahead of Diane Roy of Canada. Tsuchida was more than nine minutes off the world record, set in Boston.

Roy has been the Boston Marathon runner-up five times. She finished three minutes and 36 seconds behind Tsuchida.