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London Marathon 2013: rethink over wheelchair race start time to avoid repeat of Josh Cassidy collision
The London Marathon is to reconsider the staging and start times for the elite women and wheelchair racers following the collision between Canadian wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy and Olympic champion Tiki Gelana.
The incident wrecked the chances of both athletes in their respective races.
An enraged Cassidy had called for the London Marathon organisers to reschedule start times claiming that a group of wheelchairs moving up behind the elite women at 20mph at the 15km mark each year “could lead to a career-ruining incident”.
Cassidy called for the elite wheelchairs to start at the same time, or before the women’s elite race.
Race Director Hugh Brasher responded to Telegraph Sport on Monday: “We will not make an hasty decisions but we will be studying the situation and acting in the best interests of all competitors. We pride ourselves on London being the best marathon in the world and in nineteen years of having elite wheelchair athletes and elite runners competing in the same race, this is the first time an incident of this kind has happened.”
Brasher also highlighted issues with changing the start time of the wheelchair race given that it would clash with the Mini-Marathon which starts at mile 24 of the course for junior runners.
“We understand that the athletes involved were very frustrated by what happened as it clearly had an impact on their prospects in the races, but we believe neither competitor was to blame. We spent four hours on Sunday talking with Josh and Gelana’s representatives,” added Brasher.
“It’s against this background that we will consider any future improvements in consultation with our athletes and all the relevant partners and stakeholders.”