1.   But wheelchair racers must contend with certain vulnerabilities while training on the roads.

2.   Franz Neitlispach, a top wheelchair racer from Switzerland, who recently won the Chicago marathon, took an early lead, accompanied closely by his countryman Guido Mueller.

3.   His death also comes at a sensitive moment as wheelchair racers are struggling for equality of opportunity and prize money with able-bodied runners.

4.   If they find themselves at Buckhead, they should cheer the wheelchair racers on, and, once the race has begun, walk back to the starting line.

5.   On the other hand, elite wheelchair racers have criticized the Road Runners Club in the past for treating them as second-class entrants.

6.   Some elite wheelchair racers, like Franz Nietlispach of Switzerland, have become professionals, touring from event to event and getting endorsements from major corporations.

7.   The buses were not equipped for the disabled, and a wheelchair racer broke a leg while being transported.

8.   The friendship and support of a champion wheelchair racer, however, has provided a tonic that never will lose its potency.

9.   They also promised not to deflect news media attention from the wheelchair racers and to allow them to cross the finish line like everyone else.

10.   These competitors would already be on the course when elite wheelchair racers sped by.