Newcastle wheelchair athletes Christie Dawes and Luke Bailey have recorded podium finishes at the Gold Coast Marathon on Sunday.
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Dawes, bound for the Commonwealth Games later this month, came second behind Paralympic champion and fellow Aussie racer Madison de Rozario.
She posted a time of one hour, 47 minutes and 27 seconds (1:47.27). De Rozario crossed the line in 1:46.58.
Bailey, contesting his first marathon, was also second and stopped the clock in 1:46.01. Jake Lappin won the men's wheelchair competition.
Japan's Jo Fuduka (2:10.55) and American Lindsay Flanagan (2:24.43) took out the able-bodied races.
The Gold Coast Marathon was last held in 2019 with COVID causing the event to be cancelled the last two years.
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