Fresh from her Paris Paralympics silver medal, Aussie champ Madison de Rozario scooped up the Sydney Marathon wheelchair title yesterday, setting a new course record in the process. Also breaking barriers were Kenya’s Brimin Misoi and Workenesh Edesa Gurmesa of Ethiopia in the men’s and women’s races – it looks like they’ve clocked the fastest times on Aussie soil. The event saw a record 24,000 runners get their huffy-puffy on over the 42km course yesterday. And there’s a reason for the push – Sydney is trying to join the World Marathon Majors circuit alongside the big 6 in New York, Tokyo, Boston, Berlin, London, and Chicago. Race director Wayne Larden reckons they’ve got it in the bag, saying “all we need to do is deliver our plans” – and by the look of things, they did. Organisers will find out soon if they have made the elite grade.