2014 AJC Peachtree Road Race: Wheelchair race

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2014 AJC Peachtree Road Race: Wheelchair race

Wheel chair racers, including Kelsey LeFevour, from Champaign, Ill, gather for the start of their races. The 45 running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Wheel chair racers, including Joshua George (2) and Richard Parson (4), gather for the start of their races. The 45 running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Participants during the Open Men's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division during the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.

Participants during the Open Men's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division during the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.

The start of the Wheel Chair division, open men, won by Krige Schabort (3, left). The 45 running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Wheel chair division open men prepare for the start, includinig Gyu Dae Kim, from South Korea (8) and Aaron Pike, from Urbana, Ill (5). The race was won by Krige Schabort. The 45 running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Participants during the Open Men's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division during the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.

Participants during the Open Men's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division during the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.. PHOTO BY / JASON GETZ

July 4, 2014 Atlanta - Female wheelchair athlete pushes thru "Cardiac Hill" which is mostly uphill near Piedmont Hospital during the 2014 AJC Peachtree Road Race on Saturday morning, July 4, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Wheelchair racers fly down Peachtree Road in Buckhead just after the start of the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014. BEN GRAY / BGRAY@AJC.COM

July 4, 2014 Atlanta - Mark Selman (center) is comforted by his wife Sherri Selman as he is overwhelmed during the 2014 AJC Peachtree Road Race near The Shepherd Center on Saturday morning, July 4, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

July 4, 2014 Atlanta - Jeremy Maddox (right) cheers as wheelchair athlete pushes thru "Cardiac Hill" which is mostly uphill near Piedmont Hospital during the 2014 AJC Peachtree Road Race on Saturday morning, July 4, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

A participant during the Open Men's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division during at the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.

070414 ATLANTA: A wheelchair racer is a blur of motion on a slightly down hill stretch of Peachtree Road during the Peachtree Road Race on Friday, July 4, 2014, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Krige Schabort wins the Open Men's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division during the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.. PHOTO BY / JASON GETZ

July 4, 2014 Atlanta - Female wheelchair athlete pushes thru "Cardiac Hill" which is mostly uphill near Piedmont Hospital during the 2014 AJC Peachtree Road Race on Saturday morning, July 4, 2014. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

The start of the women's open wheel chair division race. The 45 running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Tatyana McFadden wins the Open Women's Division of the Shepherd Center Wheelchair Division during the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.. PHOTO BY / JASON GETZ

070414 ATLANTA: A pair of tandum wheelchair racers speed down Peachtree Street in the Peachtree Road Race on Friday, July 4, 2014, in Atlanta. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

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Wheel chair racers, including Kelsey LeFevour, from Champaign, Ill, gather for the start of their races. The 45 running of the AJC Peachtree Road Race Friday morning July 4, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga.. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

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