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              In  this  Aug.  19,  2018,  photo,
            Marko Cheseto, a college All-
            American  who  lost  both  feet
            to frostbite after being strand-
            ed outside in an Alaskan bliz-
            zard in 2011, competes in the
            Skinny  Raven  Half  Marathon
            during the Anchorage RunFest
            in Anchorage, Alaska.
                        Associated Press
            Boston


            Marathon

            to add para

            athlete

            divisions


            in 2020



            By JIMMY GOLEN
            AP Sports Writer
            BOSTON  (AP)  —  When
            Marko Cheseto lines up in
            Hopkinton  for  the  start  of
            the  Boston  Marathon  next
            week,  he  will  already  be
            looking past the finish line,
            26.2 miles away.
            It's  next  year,  when  orga-
            nizers  will  christen  three
            new para athlete divisions,
            that he will have a chance
            to  claim  something  he
            covets  even  more  than  a
            new  personal  best:  a  full-
            fledged  Boston  Marathon
            victory,  and  the  possibility   Rockets set NBA record with
            of climbing the podium on
            his  two  prosthetic  legs  just   27 3s in 149-113 rout of Suns
            steps  away  from  the  spot
            where  so  many  lost  their
            limbs in the 2013 finish line   Houston Rockets guard Eric Gordon (10) shoots a 3-pointer as Phoenix Suns forward Josh Jackson (20) defends during the second
            attacks.                     half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 7, 2019, in Houston.
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