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McFadden voted Laureus sportsperson with a disability

Xinhua, April 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

American Tatyana McFadden won the Laureus world sportsperson of the year with a disability award on Wednesday.

As a wheelchair racer, McFadden won Boston, Chicago, London and New York marathons. She is also a Winter Paralympic champion.

The other contenders were Shelley Gautier (Canada), Roman Petushkov (Russia), Anna Schaffelhuber (Germany), Sarah Storey (Britain), Yuk Wing Leung (Hong Kong, China). Endi