Newlyweds who each lost a leg in last year’s bombing completed the Boston Marathon together this year, riding handcycles for the 26.2-mile course.
Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky were newly married last year when they went to the marathon finish line to cheer on the runners. They suffered severe injuries; each lost a left leg.
Kensky, a nurse, graduated from the University of Arizona in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies.
On Monday, they rode side by side in the handcycle race, completing the course from Hopkinton to Boston in about 2 hours and 14 minutes.
Both smiled as they rolled across the finish line, holding hands.
The couple wanted to make sure they completed the race together, a spokesman for Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital said.
Former University of Arizona runner Abdi Abdirahman in 2007.
