On May 21, Amy Winters, a transtibial amputee from Meadville,
Pennsylvania, finished the Cleveland Marathon in 3:26:19, knocking
more than 27 minutes off the previous best time for a female
amputee. The world record comes only three months after Winters
received her first running prosthesis from A Step Ahead
Prosthetics, Hicksville, New York, which specializes in the
treatment of young, active, elite amputee athletes from around the
world. Winters averaged a 7:51 mile/minute pace, finishing 20th
overall out of 3,399 female runners, placing her in the top one
percent of all female able-bodied competitors.
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