Marcel Hug recovers after crash, sets another Boston Marathon record

Published: Apr 14, 2024 Duration: 00:01:53 Category: News & Politics

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'S RACE, WHO IS A CLASS BY HIMSELF. HANNAH. YEAH, I'M WITH MARCEL HOGAN. IT'S AN HONOR TO INTERVIEW LITERALLY ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT ATHLETES IN THE WORLD IN HIS SPORT. I KNOW YOU HAD 115 IN YOUR SIGHTS, BUT IT DID NOT COME EASILY TODAY. MARCEL, TAKE US THROUGH THAT BIG CHALLENGE THAT YOU FACE. YEAH. IT WAS, AS ALWAYS HERE IN BOSTON. IT'S CHALLENGING. COURSE. UH, LUCKILY, THE CONDITIONS WERE PERFECT TODAY, SO I FROM THE BEGINNING, I WENT VERY FAST, HAD A NEW TOP SPEED IN THE DOWNHILL AFTERWARDS. IT WAS JUST A TIME TRIAL, A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK. I CAN SEE THAT IF YOU COULD SHOW FOLKS YOUR HAND IS A LITTLE BIT TORN UP THERE. SO YOU HAD A CRASH EARLY ON. WHAT HAPPENED THERE? YEAH, I HAD A CRASH. I THINK IT WAS A FIRE STATION, A CORNER. UM, I JUST HAD TOO MUCH, UH, WAY TOO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE ON THE STEERING. SO IT WAS MY FAULT. DIDN'T STEER PROPERLY. THEN I WENT INTO THE BARRIERS, BUT, UH, LUCKILY, UH, MY MATERIAL WAS WAS OKAY, SO I COULD, UH, GET UP AND GO FORWARD. YEAH. SO YOU WERE ABLE TO REGROUP? IT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT, I THINK, TO BREAK A RECORD WHEN YOU'RE RACING AGAINST YOURSELF. SO WHAT BENCHMARKS WERE YOU SETTING? HOW DID YOU ACHIEVE THIS TODAY? YEAH, I HAD, UH, THIS SCHEDULE IN MY MIND, UH, WHERE I, WHERE I HAVE TO BE FIVE K AFTER TEN K AND SO ON. SO I SAW THAT I WAS UNDER THE SCHEDULE, AND SO THAT GAVE ME AN EXTRA MOTIVATION. HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN SUCH EXCELLENCE AND MOTIVATE PASSION? UM, I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S ABOUT PASSION. AND YEAH, I LOVE DOING RACES, ESPECIALLY HERE IN BOSTON. IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THIS CROWD HERE. THEY'RE JUST AMAZING. THEY GIVE SO MUCH ENERGY HERE. IT'S REALLY AMAZING. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, BOSTON I LOVE YOU. WELL THEY LOVE YOU TOO. SEVENTH BOSTON WIN

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