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NBC Chicago    Tatyana McFadden won her fifth consecutive Chicago Marathon Sunday in the women’s wheelchair race, finishing with an unofficial time of 1 hour, 41 minutes and 10 seconds.  “The city really moved me today,” she said after her big win. “I heard my name shouted across each mile. It’s really exciting that Chicago…

   TIME Sasha DiGiulian was told that “little girls don’t belong on the Eiger.” On Aug. 29, she proved her critics wrong when she summited the north face of the Eiger after a difficult three-day climb. Not only is DiGiulian the first female to ascend one of the most challenging routes on Europe’s most notorious…

TeamUSA    Tatyana McFadden competes in the 800-meter race at the ParAthletics Grand Prix on May 30, 2015 in Nottwil, Switzerland. It’s been said that marathons are 10-percent physical and 90-percent mental. If there’s anyone who can vouch for that, it’s Tatyana McFadden. The four-time Paralympian has mastered both the physical and mental aspects of…

USA TODAY Paralympic medalist Tatyana McFadden has twice swept the Grand Slam of wheelchair marathon racing, winning titles in Boston, London, Chicago and New York in a single season. She hopes to add to her haul of 11 Paralympic medals when she competes next summer in Rio de Janeiro. McFadden is currently training for next…