According to Taiwan's "China Broadcasting Corporation News Network" on the 15th, a Venezuelan man suffering from muscular dystrophy spent nearly 17 hours running the Chicago Marathon.
The Chicago Marathon started at 8 a.m. local time on Sunday (the 13th). Thirty-eight-year-old Melam didn't cross the finish line until about 1:30 a.m. on Monday (the 14th), with over a hundred people cheering him on.
The 38-year-old Venezuelan man Melam, who has muscular dystrophy, spent nearly 17 hours running the Chicago Marathon.
Melam said that after giving it his all, he felt there was nothing left to regret in life; he wanted to show everyone through his actions that if you have a dream, you should go for it. He said that when he crossed the finish line, he knew there was nothing he couldn’t do.
Melam started running marathons two years ago, and Chicago was his third race. His first two marathons were in Berlin and New York.
The Kenyan athlete who won the gold medal in this edition of the Chicago Marathon finished in 2 hours, 3 minutes and 45 seconds, while Melam completed the course in 16 hours and 46 minutes.